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    in this utopia a good thing‚ and is immortality a curse or a blessing? These are just a couple of the questions that are hypothetically asked in Kurt Vonnegut’s short story. This short story is written in a third person narrator. The fact that it is a third person narrator‚ makes us unable to now what the different characters are thinking and feeling. We also have a switching point of view between Mr. Wehling and the painter. At the beginning of the story the point of view lies with Mr. Wehling

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    found that it was Tessie who had won the lottery‚ the reader was assured that the lottery wasn’t what anyone wanted to win with the stoning of the winner. The narrator in this story doesn’t allow the reader to know exactly how the characters feel about the lottery. Not knowing the thoughts of the characters is important. The fact that the narrator just takes the reader through the process of how the lottery is conducted. Jackson decision to use this point of view is extremely vital to the reader experience

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    was published in "Phundne" (Lahore: Maktabah-e Jadid) in 1955‚ the year of his death. The story is told by a reliable but not omniscient narrator who speaks as a Pakistani‚ and seems to be a Lahori. The narration is for the most part so straightforward that the narrator’s voice seems even naive (or faux-naif‚ depending on how we want to read it). The narrator reports to us with apparent matter-of-factness a series of events that are not quite as straightforward as they appear. The time frame‚ for

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    FHow does Fitzgerald tell the story in chapter 3? Chapter three is written in 1st person narrative‚ meaning that you only get one viewpoint‚ the narrators‚ making is difficult to believe everything the narrator is telling you. Also‚ because it is written in a retrospective narrative‚ Nick could choose to give away or keep information for however long he wants‚ meaning he has full control over what information the reader gets. Just before the start of chapter 3‚ Nick has woken up after a very drunken

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    you’ll be lost before you can flip the page. The specific uses of the two narrators (who are also the main characters) are one of the only things that I agree upon with Stasio. One of the narrators gives us his confused perspective of the main plot which only leads us to a red herring. We are fed a selective amount and quality of information that creates a neon sign in our head that says‚ “HE KILLED HER.” The other narrator‚ just as useful‚ gives us disturbing accounts of events that‚ as Stasio says

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    transgressions that occurred. For similar reasons it becomes important especially in poetry and stories to analyze and evaluate the trustworthiness of the narrator a great example is Edgar Allan Poe’s stories “The Cask of Amontillado” and “A Tell Tale Heart‚” which are both great examples of untrustworthy narrators in poetry or rather narrators who’s justification for their actions is called into question due to their actions; in this case “murder most foul.” The story of Ying-ying is

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    poem “Two Hands‚” the narrator expresses a son’s idolization of his father. This idolization is not based upon an intimate emotional relationship‚ but rather‚ on the son comparing himself to his father. His vocation‚ a writer‚ falls short when held against his father’s‚ a surgeon. In “Two Hands‚” a son narrates‚ through metaphors and mood‚ his frigid and distant relationship with his father. Through metaphors and word play‚ the poet forges a connection between the narrator and his father. These

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    landlord as well as his past. Lockwood inquires about the on goings of the moors he now lives on and asks Nelly to help him to understand what is going on through a detailed series of her firsthand events. The various points of view from each of the narrators provides detailed context but along with that there is still the question of the actual reliability each character provides to the story. Lockwood gives a fresh perspective of the happenings of Wuthering Heights. The readers encounter some characters

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    of showing the author’s form of writing. 3. Each shift from the perspective of one character to another is a reminder of the “author’s presence”. IV. The author insists that the act of narration as performed by even the most highly dramatized narrator is itself the author’s presentation of an ‘inside view’ of a character. A. The author sometimes meddle with the natural sequence‚ proportion‚ or duration of an event. B. Though the author can choose his disguises‚ he

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    eponymous character which creates tension as the impression is given the narrator of the novel knows the outcome of the character but does not disclose information. The line ‘Gatsby turned out alright at the end’ creates an atmosphere of mystery and this is not dissipated by Nick which creates excitement as the reader expects the novel will supply answers. Form- The novel takes the form of a metafiction narrative as the narrator is aware he is writing a novel. This is shown throughout the novel and

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