LitCourse 7
How to Read: Point of View
Narrator—1st person
Always ask yourself: can you depend on the 1st-person narrator to tell the truth—or even to know the truth? A 1st-person narrator may ...
| • have a vested interest in presenting a particular version of the truth. • may be out of the loop, knowing only part of the truth. We can know only as much as the narrator knows—or chooses to let us know. |
