The Development Of A Fictional Character In Scarlet Ibis By Margaret Atwood

The development of a fictional character is presented through an internal or an omniscient narrator. An internal narrator is a character within the work telling the story to the reader; internal narrators are usually first person narrators. A first person narrator is an internal narrator who consistently refers to himself or herself using the first-person pronoun “I”. For instance, in “Cathedral” by Raymond Carver, the narrator, also known as the protagonist of the story is illustrated through a first person narrator. The first person narrator helps to experience what the narrator is going through and allows the readers to witness how it is possible for someone to end with such prejudice conclusions like thinking “dark glasses [is] a must for the blind” (4). He also allows an access into the narrators mind; the judgmental and doubtful tone gives emphasis on his expectations about the blind man, which provides a clear picture into the feelings, attitudes, and isolation of the narrator. The narrator provides interior monologues, which help us follow his stream of consciousness. Through the emphasis of the description of Robert and his wife who is now deceased, he reveals his jealously as he

He is literally all knowing. He understands every personage and describes the characters as he’s describing what he sees in the moment. In “Scarlet Ibis” by Margaret Atwood, the narrator conveys the story through a third person narrator. He describes Christine’s (the protagonist) inner thoughts and insecurities through her remarks such as “the young black waiters (…) who walked easily through the sun without paying any attention to [her]” (1). He acts like a video camera as he follows and captures her point of view and her surroundings. As he is doing so, we can tell how Christine describes and compares/portrays herself at a lower level than “[this] thin, elegant brown girl”