The narrator is part of the literary work. The narrator may or may not be in the story itself.
In Moby Dick the narrator is part of the crew. In Our Town the narrator is not in the story as the narrator but appears in several parts as various characters and the audience is always told that this character is also the narrator.
In The Rime Of The Ancient Mariner, the narrator is repeating what the old sailor told him so he is not part of the central story.
It is sometimes difficult to distinguish between a narrator who is not in the story and the author.
Dickens wrote in the third person and in the first person.
In some stories the narrator become very invisible indeed however it is difficult to do away with the narrator all together. A story with a perfectly invisible narrator would read like a drama script.
This type of narrator is known as an omniscient or all-knowing narrator.
it could be me
The narrator is part of the literary work. The narrator may or may not be in the story itself. In Moby Dick the narrator is part of the crew. In Our Town the narrator is not in the story as the narrator but appears in several parts as various characters and the audience is always told that this character is also the narrator. In The Rime Of The Ancient Mariner, the narrator is repeating what the old sailor told him so he is not part of the central story. It is sometimes difficult to distinguish between a narrator who is not in the story and the author. Dickens wrote in the third person and in the first person. In some stories the narrator become very invisible indeed however it is difficult to do away with the narrator all together. A story with a perfectly invisible narrator would read like a drama script.
When a story is told from the first person point of view, the narrator takes part in the action of the story as a character, using pronouns like "I" and "me". This allows readers to experience events through the narrator's perspective and emotions.
False. In literature, the narrator can be a character in the story (first-person narrator) or an outside observer (third-person narrator).
In the third person point of view the narrator is not part of the story and uses the words such as 'He', 'She', or 'They'
it a part the story which gives you a hint that patricia will leave the narrator household
the narrator is the person (or animal) that is telling the story. The author writes the story, but the story is told by the narrator.
The character who is telling the story is called the narrator. The narrator sometimes plays an important role in the story and can be the protagonist, or it can be someone on the sidelines who does not take part in the main action.
the narrator is in prison for the first time.
This is a framed story- the narrator of the frame story is the Hebrew teacher & the secretary is the narrator of the framed story.
The characteristic that identify a third-person narrator is, third person can recount all experiences and feelings/events of the story, and is not recounting their own experience. They are an outside view.