interpretation changes depending on whom the narrator is and whether they are involved in the story. In Thomas King’s short story “Borders”‚ a twelve-year-old boy recounts the experience he had with his mother crossing the United States border. As a result of a child narrating‚ it is easy to see the contrast between the boy and his mother‚ the ignorance by the government‚ and the compassion in the duty-free manager Mel. Using the boy as the narrator was important to the telling of “Borders” because
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realize this until the closing twenty pages. As one begins to understand the implications of this revelation‚ the credibility of her story is considerably weakened. However‚ is the power of the story diminished by the shadow of a possibly unreliable narrator? In context of the novel‚ which is written as an atonement (the making of amends for a mistake or a sin)‚ Briony would‚ perhaps‚ have a tendency to lie or‚ rather‚ avoid the truth in an attempt to disguise her responsibility for the crime and proceeding
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The Cask of Amontillado In the horror story The Cask of Amontillado Edgar Allan Poe ‚the author‚ made the main character‚ Montresor‚ a unreliable narrator because of how Montresor changes his feelings on Fortunato by wanting to kill him one minute but also calling him friend another minute. The story is about a man named Montresor who was humiliated by Fortunato. Since Montresor was humiliated he decided that he was going to have to get revenge on Fortunato because of what his family’s
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The Narrator Sets the Tone Authors often use narrative to influence the way the reader perceives a given topic. Using different types of narrators‚ for example first person or omnipotent‚ the author can control the information available to the reader‚ which causes the reader to draw conclusions based solely on the information as presented. In “A Rose for Emily”( 84 ) the author uses a limited omnipotent narrator to relay the events over a period of several decades that relate to Miss Emily
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a hot summer in an American town called Franconia. According to the narrator this town is an awfully drab place to live‚ and a place‚ where “no one’s imagination is working overtime”. This is the uninspiring suburb‚ where the narrator lives with her brother‚ Jason and her mother. Along with Jason’s best friend‚ Eugene‚ the narrator and Jason study at the Franconia High School. Although Eugene is Jason’s best friend‚ the narrator and Eugene have a lot in common. They both seem to be really clever
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Sonny and the narrator become very close . Throughout the story ‚ both the narrator and Sonny over come many obstacles . These events that take place in the story‚ influence the character development of Sonny and the narrator . If it weren’t for these events that take place ‚ then Sonny and the narrator wouldn’t have developed the way that they do by the end of this story . When Sonny is faced with the hardship of having to go to prison ‚ this is hard for him but having the narrator their for
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as the changing from boys to men‚ in the beginning of the story the narrator and his friends were compared to nature‚ which can relate to the many ironic events that happen to the narrator. Some of The circumstances that the narrator in "Greasy Lake" finds himself in‚ are the same that many young people find themselves in when fighting war. One of the many things that took place was when the narrator sees himself as a tough guy or "bad character". He believes he is invincible
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and death is told and remarked on‚ by a narrator whose full name is not given‚ but whom one may take to be a spokesperson for the author It may not be narrator by her‚ but the former prisoner and mathematics teacher know her very well. Matryona was a person who worked on a farm and barely gets paid and when she does it’s not much. The narrator as well works on the collective farm‚ at school‚ as we know Matryona is a kind person and she gives the narrator a person to stay in her small home‚ he sleeps
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first-person point of view. The story opens up with the narrator find out his younger brother Sonny being held in prison due to the use and sale of heroine. Thorough the day the narrator can’t seem to focus on his day due to the awful news he read about his brother. He then speaks to one of his brother’s friend that lets him know how difficult Sonny’s life has been due to his drug addiction and how it will continue to be. Time passes by‚ but the narrator never reaches out to his brother in prison until
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Karak Highway Tang Wai Jun Narrator Tan Shun Ju Sam Low Wei Yee Yoona Tan Hui Yee Crystal Chong An An Pontianak Angel Tan Angel Thye Yang Kang Aces Narrator: Scene 1‚ 5 college students decide to go for a trip to Genting Highland. On their way to Genting Highland‚ they had loads of conversation and story sharing. Eventually‚ they started talking about the gamblers who committed suicide. Sam: Hey Aces yo‚ do you know what annoy me most? Aces: What? (Feeling annoyed) Sam: The
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