A story has to be told by somebody. In Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, A Man Who Would Cure the World by author Tracy Kidder, the “storyteller” is the author, and this influences the reader through many points of the author’s passive tone ; even though it is told from his point of view, his conversation is sort of second-hand, submissive, and Dr. Farmer is the subject and the object of the story.
Body Paragraph 1: passive tone Tracy Kidder speaks with a passive tone in his novel.
“ In the mornings, I followed Farmer from the courtyard, to e-mail, and then to his office-- on the ground floor of the newest building, the Thomas J. White Tuberculosis Center.” (p.24)
Body Paragraph 2: second-hand conversation
Body Paragraph 1: passive tone Tracy Kidder speaks with a passive tone in his novel.
“ In the mornings, I followed Farmer from the courtyard, to e-mail, and then to his office-- on the ground floor of the newest building, the Thomas J. White Tuberculosis Center.” (p.24)
Body Paragraph 2: second-hand conversation