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Originally Posted by stp
These are actually factors that I liked in the writing. The chance to see life from the narrator's perspective, however grandiose. I guess if the narrator promises the chance to be awed by life the jaded cynic in me would like to hear more.
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I agree that the narrator's perspective is interesting to learn, because the narrator becomes another character to consider as one absorbs a story.
In Conan's case, I wasn't sure if he has created the narrator to be a reflection of his own personal beliefs or perspective, or if he is intentionally creating the narrator to have a perspective that differs from his own.
The relationships among the narrator, author, reader, and characters add a layer of complexity in a story, and I suspect that many young writers may not intentionally play with that layer because it hasn't occurred to them to do so. The feeling I got from the paragraph was that it reflected Conan's beliefs, but I wasn't sure. I couldn't tell if Conan had thought about the "voice" of the narrator.
Signed,
A fellow jaded cynic
