CRWR 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Hills Like White Elephants, Lorrie Moore
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The character whose eyes we are seeing the story through. The narrator is a character who is in the story. typically this first person narrator is the focus of the story. Ex. stories in first person: gazebo, two-part intervention. Fish person pov works well when there is an idiosyncrasy in voice or thought. If your character has a unique way of seeing the world, or a particular way of speaking it can be more easily evokes in first person. These idiosyncrasies in voice or thought often resonate with the reader. Reader identification with the protagonist- seeing the world from inside the character"s head. Disadvantages of using first person limited perspective, you are limited to the character"s perspective of things. Protagonist has to do all the heavy lifting/pointing out the important details
