The narrative of Benito Cereno can be defined in three parts: the first part is told from a third person limited point of view, the second part is Cereno’s deposition to the court, and the third section is a brief conclusion of the narrative. In the first part, the narrator is placed outside the story and our knowledge is confined to what Captain Delano knows. The third person limited point of view is a common approach in mystery narratives and it keeps the readers in the dark as to what exactly has happened and is happening. The narrator’s perspective told in free indirect style, blurs with Delano’s perspective, allowing us to identify and differentiate the two. And again, the narrative blurring emphasizes and dramatizes the greyness and ambiguity
