Discuss the function of the narator in each of the following stories

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The Function of Narrator in 3 Short Fiction

The narrator in a short story provides for the readers the eyes and mind by which they see and understand everything that happens in the story . He affects the perspective by which they approach and digest the story . The narrator always creates a subjective viewpoint for the reader , however omniscient and objective the writer makes him out to be because choosing a particular viewpoint in which to tell the story would omit some aspects of a story

that could be examined further had the author chosen another character or viewpoint by which to narrate the plot . The choice of narrator , therefore , affects the overall reading The narrator of the plot , however , is carefully chosen by the writer in to accomplish the said subjective viewpoint that the author would like the reader to get from his reading . This would examine the functions of the narrators in three short stories , namely : A

' by John Updike , Everyday Use ' by Alice Walker , and The Jilting of Granny Weatherall ' by Katherine Anne Porter

Updike 's A

' is the story of Sammy , a teenage sales clerk at an A

br grocery , whose dull day at work suddenly becomes significant when three young ladies come into the store in their swimsuits . Sammy fantasizes about the girls , especially on the one he names as Queenie , the prettiest and leader of the group . However , Lengel , the store manager does not share Sammy 's...