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Picking a side? Is it more effective to hear the story “The Smell of Fresh Paint” from the narrative account or would it be more effective if the story was told from a different point of view. Honestly, it’s more effective to hear the story from the narrator’s (Tina Beller) point of view because the narrator explains the background of the situation and I’m able to understand everything she’s feeling and Tina’s thoughts. “I was kind of worried…” The narrator's point of view is the best way to understand a story because as stated before you're able to understand where the narrator coming from in her feeling and her thoughts. For instance, Tina was worried about the fact that Iraqi workers were acting so weird and the fact that they had casualties

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