Evaluating The Narrator's Point Of View

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In any real-life moment that includes multiple people one will find that the same moment can be – and most likely will be – recounted in multiple different ways. The reason for these irregularities is because even though all the same people shared in the same moment they were all not standing spot. Moreover, each person would have brought their own emotions and biases into the mix that will likely affect their varying perspectives. In other’s words, one’s perceptive is also known as one’s point of view. When it comes to literature, point of view is the perceptive from which a narrative is told. And just like in real life various elements need to be considered when trying to figure out the narrator’s point of view. For instance, is the reader …show more content…

If the narrator appears to know everything the narrator is considered omniscient. This type of all-knowing ability will normally be found within a third-person narration; however, that is not to say all third-person narrators are omniscient. When it comes to first first-person narration, the speaker generally has a limited point of view. Unless the speaker in a first-person narrator is a physic, s/he is restricted to his or her own experiences, thoughts, and emotions. A limited first-person narrator can make conjectures to the thoughts and emotions of others characters but those are not facts. These prejudices can also play into how reliable a narrator can be. If a narrator appears inconsistent or tends to show partiality, the reader has cannot depend on the fact that the story is completely …show more content…

Jordan is talking about the summer when Daisy and Gatsby fell in love and separated five years prior. Throughout the passage, she clearly tells us how she was feeling through her tale. “I was flattered that she wanted to speak to me, because of all the older girls I admired her most (75),” she confesses about being on the receiving end of Daisy’s attention that summer. Her use of I is an element indicating this is a first-person narrative. The reader is given a clear picture of how she felt about what was happening but the feelings of those around her are less clear. “Daisy was popular in Chicago, as you know. They moved with a fast crowd, all of them young and rich and wild, but she came out with an absolutely perfect reputation…. Perhaps Daisy never went in for amour at all — and yet there’s something in that voice of hers….” (Fitzgerald

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