ENGL 2P11 Lecture : Monday March 10th 2014 2p11.docx
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Narrators first person: someone within the story i three possible roles: witness of events, minor participant in the events, protagonist of the story reliability is always a question, more reliable (testimony, less reliable (bias, lack of knowledge, deception) creates the possibility of dramatic irony. 1st person allows for different points for readers to enter the text cassie isn"t the witness of all the events she is told most events not just 1st person but dialogue talks about them after the fact: changes the quality of the suspense, we don"t know what happened but everyone is alright, before the story begins we know how it begins, how did it happen, not how is this going to end having the choice of cassie allows a difference in what is told, makes the violence more suitable for the intended audience, affects of racism she as the narrator is shaping the story.