structure in "the reader is the protagonist"

             The author is telling her story of dealing with domestic violence. She structures it by making a timeline of her relationship with her ex-husband. the author begins with their meeting and the naive outlook she had at her husbands manner of being. it then moves to the threats and psychological mind games the husband plays such as hem recounting a murder he committed when he was younger. It just escalates to the dishes breaking and the manhandling. it is a constant progression of the ex husbands anger and her ensuing fear and paranoia of his capabilities.