The Power of the Third Person Narrator Technique
Is a short story better, more interesting, or perhaps more imaginative when it is written using the Third Person Narrator Technique?
Stories are written using the author’s imagination. The story is written to share or convey a point of view. Two types of techniques that are commonly used are the first person and third person techniques.
First, let us take a closer look at the first person writing technique or method. Some of the strengths that are brought to the story is that it offers or “allows for a deeper emotional connection to the POV character because the reader gets to know all the thoughts and feelings of the protagonist.” (Chappelle) Chappelle further states that “writing in the first person feels more natural to some writers.” (Chappelle)
According to Nathan Bransford, the author who chooses to write in the first person narrative needs to “make sure the narrator is compelling and likeable, not saying that he or she has to be likeable but has to pass the stuck in the elevator test.” …show more content…
While this story yielded great effect as it is a true story, it still is limited in the aspect that none of the other characters feelings, actions, and thoughts were effectively shared or considered through the story. One of the questions that might be unanswered in the readers mind is, was did the husband although a doctor feel powerless to actually help his wife, was he afraid he could fail her? On page 299, in the story “The Yellow Wallpaper” Gillman states “I suppose John never was nervous in his life,” (Gwynn) Does this question cause the reader to wonder more about Gillman’s husband? I know that when I read the story, I wondered how she could draw this assumption? I certainly wondered why she felt that way, and I wondered how her other family members actually coped with what was happening to someone they cared
Is a short story better, more interesting, or perhaps more imaginative when it is written using the Third Person Narrator Technique?
Stories are written using the author’s imagination. The story is written to share or convey a point of view. Two types of techniques that are commonly used are the first person and third person techniques.
First, let us take a closer look at the first person writing technique or method. Some of the strengths that are brought to the story is that it offers or “allows for a deeper emotional connection to the POV character because the reader gets to know all the thoughts and feelings of the protagonist.” (Chappelle) Chappelle further states that “writing in the first person feels more natural to some writers.” (Chappelle)
According to Nathan Bransford, the author who chooses to write in the first person narrative needs to “make sure the narrator is compelling and likeable, not saying that he or she has to be likeable but has to pass the stuck in the elevator test.” …show more content…
While this story yielded great effect as it is a true story, it still is limited in the aspect that none of the other characters feelings, actions, and thoughts were effectively shared or considered through the story. One of the questions that might be unanswered in the readers mind is, was did the husband although a doctor feel powerless to actually help his wife, was he afraid he could fail her? On page 299, in the story “The Yellow Wallpaper” Gillman states “I suppose John never was nervous in his life,” (Gwynn) Does this question cause the reader to wonder more about Gillman’s husband? I know that when I read the story, I wondered how she could draw this assumption? I certainly wondered why she felt that way, and I wondered how her other family members actually coped with what was happening to someone they cared