Narrative voice is something that is very important i the novel “To Kill a Mockingbird” written by
Harper Lee in the early 1960s and makes the story more engaging and interesting. It is used in many different ways and when used right it can be very effective. The novel is narrated by Jean
Louise but is seen through scouts eyes. It is told in an adult voice but seen through a childs eyes. This is effective to the reader but is it really all that reliable?
This opinion is very biased and does not give you every point of view of the story. Scout was really young when all this happened and was also very naive, so she probably didn't understand everything that was going on at the time, like when she was at the lynching and Mr.
Cunningham acted like he had no idea …show more content…
Jean Louise “remembered” all the conversations scout had with dill at the very beginning of the book. They were very detailed, where as if it was written years later it would of been forgotten about and only bits of the important conversations would have been remembered. Having this adult voice as the narrator makes it more mature and perhaps makes the story more engaging because as you get older you begin to speak differently learn new words and new things. Jean Louise probably changed wording around to make it sound better or more interesting. She could have even put in parts to make scout seem smarter or even taken out parts to make scout seem less immature.
Overall the reader is impacted by the narrative voice in many ways and it plays a very important role in the novel to make it more enjoyable and
Harper Lee in the early 1960s and makes the story more engaging and interesting. It is used in many different ways and when used right it can be very effective. The novel is narrated by Jean
Louise but is seen through scouts eyes. It is told in an adult voice but seen through a childs eyes. This is effective to the reader but is it really all that reliable?
This opinion is very biased and does not give you every point of view of the story. Scout was really young when all this happened and was also very naive, so she probably didn't understand everything that was going on at the time, like when she was at the lynching and Mr.
Cunningham acted like he had no idea …show more content…
Jean Louise “remembered” all the conversations scout had with dill at the very beginning of the book. They were very detailed, where as if it was written years later it would of been forgotten about and only bits of the important conversations would have been remembered. Having this adult voice as the narrator makes it more mature and perhaps makes the story more engaging because as you get older you begin to speak differently learn new words and new things. Jean Louise probably changed wording around to make it sound better or more interesting. She could have even put in parts to make scout seem smarter or even taken out parts to make scout seem less immature.
Overall the reader is impacted by the narrative voice in many ways and it plays a very important role in the novel to make it more enjoyable and