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Ernest Hemingway's The Kite Runner
The point of view in terms of the narrator in this story is always third person. But, the point of view in terms of perspective shifts to the correspondent and, less frequently, to the other men. The narration only becomes first person (using "I") when the third person narrator supposes what the men might be thinking: as illustrated in that last block quote. We get the feeling that these are really just the correspondent's thoughts, but he's confident the other men feel the same way he does…but even then we really don't have any proof. It's very ambiguous, but these blurred lines are part of what make this story so gripping. It's like we're right there with them in the tiny little boat—minus the freezing cold water and menacing sharks.
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What complicates this shifting is that there are times when it is not clear which character's perspective is being presented. At times during dialogue, the reader is also unable to decipher who is speaking. This is all to underscore what the objective (removed) narrator described as the "subtle brotherhood" at the beginning of Part III. In other words, the shifting narration and lack of clarity about who is speaking highlights the fact that they are all in the same predicament. While each character is surely thinking different thoughts, they all act together out of an instinct of survival and a necessary …show more content…
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