`` He was not much older than myself, '' writes the narrator, `` when he began to feel the impact of that human mystery which now obsesses me, and which makes me begin, perhaps, to understand him ''.

The novel thus appears to be told by an unnamed narrator who gathers information from what he has personally seen and heard regarding the epidemic, as well as from the diary of another character, Tarrou, who makes observations about the events he witnesses.

However, at several points Alton appears to address the viewer rather than Inspector Warren, and the unclear role of the Scientist as narrator makes things even more confusing.

For future editions of the book, in 1917 Conrad wrote an " Author's Note " where he discusses each of the three stories, and makes light commentary on the character Marlow-the narrator of the tales within the first two stories.

The whole of the narrative can itself be presented as a false document, such as a diary, in which the narrator makes explicit reference to the fact that he is writing or telling a story.

Delirium makes bubbles, finds “ The Dancing Woman ”, and the narrator extensively describes Ruby.

To illustrate what he means by defamiliarization, Shklovsky uses examples from Tolstoy, whom he cites as using the technique throughout his works: “ The narrator of ' Kholstomer ,' for example, is a horse, and it is the horse ’ s point of view ( rather than a person ’ s ) that makes the content of the story seem unfamiliar ” ( Shklovsky 16 ).

There are several other quotes from the poem that makes it apparent that Whitman does not consider the narrator to represent a single individual.

** David Del Tredici's Wondrous the Merge for string quartet and narrator, based on a homoerotic poem by James Broughton, makes its controversial debut at the Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival.

* David Balfour the narrator in Robert Louis Stevenson's Kidnapped makes a reference to possets in the sense of being pampered:

The narrator and main character of the title short story of her 1992 collection, We So Seldom Look On Love, for instance, is an assistant embalmer at a funeral home who makes love to the bodies of attractive young men before they are buried.

For example the main narrator makes a number of speeches on various occasions: Vasco da Gama, recognized as " eloquent captain " (" facundo capitão "); Paulo da Gama ; Thetis ...

Its narrator is an aspiring writer who himself makes a similar transition at a personal level only to feel he has lost everything.

When Brandy makes her revelation, the narrator reveals that she shot herself to escape from being beautiful.

The first-person narrator is always a character within his / her own story ( whether the protagonist or not ) and this viewpoint character takes actions, makes judgments and has opinions and biases, therefore, not always allowing the audience to be able to comprehend some of the other character's thoughts, feelings, or understandings as much as this one character.

Second-person narrative mode is often paired with the first-person narrative mode in which the narrator makes emotional comparisons between the thoughts, actions, and feelings of " you " versus " I ".

After the party breaks up, Ichabod remains behind for " a tête-à-tête with the heiress ", where it is supposed that he makes a proposal of marriage to Katrina but, according to the narrator, " Something, however ... must have gone wrong, for he certainly sallied forth, after no very great interval, with an air quite desolate and chapfallen ", meaning that his proposal is refused, allegedly because her sole purpose in courting him was either to test or to increase Brom's desire for her.

* The Tickle Feather Machine: After the narrator makes reference to Simon's previous failed inventions to conquer the world ( the Shrinking Water, the Weather Machine, the Snow Gun and the Forget-Me-Net, respectively ), Simon decides to run for dictator, but quickly realizes nobody will vote for him since he's the most wicked person in the world.

In the " Foreword ", the first person narrator, 15 year-old William Grove, a stand-in for Yates, relates what makes his divorcée mother, decide on Dorset Academy for her son.

In the short story " Good Form ", the narrator makes a distinction between " story truth " and " happening truth ".

Her appearance is quite ugly due to skin damage ( from " paraleprosy ") and other problems ; however, she wears a special " skin suit " which makes her look whole and beautiful ( which may or may not be real — she is an unreliable narrator ), and gives her a functional artificial leg.

The documentary then interviews Dusty Sklar about the contact between Hitler and Hanussen, and the narrator makes the statement about " occult techniques of mind control and crowd domination ".

The narrator and central character in the novel is the young Philip, and the care with which his confusion and terror are rendered makes the novel as much about the mysteries of growing up as about American politics.

Dunstan Ramsay, the narrator of Fifth Business and a major character in Davies ' Deptford Trilogy, makes a brief appearance here.

' Recently Brisley, in a series of performances and an extended text, has concerned himself with ordure and its collection by a character named Rosse Yael Sirb, a character he-the artist narrator – claims to have first met while he was a corporal in charge of stores during national service in West Germany ', Sirb is contrasted by another figure, Bertrand Vollieme, collector of junk and detritus.

While this extended essay in fact employs a fictional narrator and narrative to explore women both as writers of and characters in fiction, the manuscript for the delivery of the series of lectures, titled " Women and Fiction ", and hence the essay, are considered non-fiction.

It also includes extended digressions by Dyeth as the narrator, speaking to the reader about history, art, sex, politics and civilization.

Some examples where this occurs are Robotech, the FUNimation English dub of Dragon Ball Z ( in this case, they just extended the one or two sentences the narrator said during the recap into him talking the whole time ), and the 4Kids English-language version of One Piece.

The novel takes the form of an extended reminiscence and begins with the narrator finding a photograph of Johnno among his recently deceased father's belongings.

Cusack and the writers floated the idea that Rob could have a conversation with Bruce Springsteen in his head, inspired by a reference in Hornby's book where the narrator wishes he could handle his past girlfriends as well as Springsteen does in his song, " Bobby Jean " on Born in the U. S. A.

The author, Ernest Raymond, named his narrator Rupert Ray in a thinly disguised reference to himself.

In the prologue, the narrator ( not Lázaro himself but someone who claims to have a copy of Lázaro's writings ) tells the reader that he was moved to publish the second part of Lázaro's adventures after hearing about a book which, he alleges, had falsely told of Lázaro being transformed into a tuna ( obviously a disparaging reference to Lazarillo de Amberes ).

There is also a more oblique but definite reference to Tooter Turtle in the novel Bright Lights, Big City, in which the second-person narrator recalls these cartoons from his childhood, and wishes that he ( like Tooter ) could be rescued from his current predicament by a friendly wizard.

The cast includes the town's eccentric old man and story narrator Whittlin ' Willy, Srini ( Freddy's " Injun " sidekick-actually East Indian ), Doc ' Dizzy ' Gillespie the drunken town doctor, the cafe owner Helen Back, otherwise known as Mom and her stereotypical Chinese chef Hopalong Singh ( a reference to Hop Sing, the cook on Bonanza ), the crooked banker Phineas ( P. H.

The song " Return to Waterloo " and its accompanying video seemed to reference the struggles an aging person has returning to the world of their youth, with the narrator wondering " Will I get away / will I see it through / On the return to Waterloo.

It details events surrounding their harrowing plunge into this abyss, regularly shifting narrator and frame of reference from one member of the group to the other.

In particular it describes an encounter ( which turns into a one night stand ) between the narrator ( possibly meant to be Mitchell herself as there is a reference in the lyrics to her coming home from the studio ) and " Coyote ", a ranch worker.

There is a scene in Taras Bulba where Jews are thrown into a river, a scene where Taras Bulba visits the Jews and seeks their aid, and reference by the narrator of the story that Jews are treated inhumanely.

During the opening credits of the first season, James Earl Jones, acting as narrator, states that " well -- they had an extra seat " in reference to him.

The novel's narrator, the Chief, combines these authorities in his mind, calling them " The Combine " in reference to the mechanistic way they manipulate and process individuals.

The story of a quarter of a century of Soviet-Western relations is vitally important, and it is told with the fire of a first-rate historical narrator.

Twice, the murderer surprisingly turns out to be the unreliable narrator of the story.

Though Le Fanu portrays his vampire's sexuality with the circumspection that one would expect for his time, it is evident that lesbian attraction is the main dynamic between Carmilla and the narrator of the story:

*" Dear Esther " is a 2012 video game by thechineseroom that allows the player to traverse an uninhabitated Hebridean island ; as the player does so letters and diary excerpts are recalled audibly by the narrator to reveal the story and encourage progression towards certain areas.

For example, Alvin Sandberg claimed that the short story " The Paradise of Bachelors and the Tartarus of Maids " offers " an exploration of impotency, a portrayal of a man retreating to an all-male childhood to avoid confrontation with sexual manhood " from which the narrator engages in " congenial " digressions in heterogeneity.

In “ The Women Men Don ’ t See ,” Sheldon gives a feminist story a unique spin by making the narrator, Don Fenton, a male.

An omniscient narrator, almost always a third-person narrator, can reveal insights into characters and settings that would not be otherwise apparent from the events of the story and which no single character could be aware of.

In two stories (" The Musgrave Ritual " and " The Gloria Scott "), Holmes tells Watson the main story from his memories, while Watson becomes the narrator of the frame story.

Since this person usually sets the ground and setting for the story, he or she is often referred to as the " storyteller " ( often contracted to " ST ") or " narrator ".

The players contribute to an on-going story with defined parameters but no narrator or directing force.

* Sam Elliott as The Stranger, the narrator, who sees the story unfold from a third-party perspective.

The story is presented as a first-person narrative using an unreliable narrator.

Near the beginning of the tale, the narrator says he would be " mad indeed " if he should expect a reader to believe the story, implying that he has already been accused of madness.

Although Pluto is a neutral character at the beginning of the story, he becomes antagonistic in the narrator ’ s eyes once the narrator becomes an alcoholic.

The narrator of the story describes his experience of being tortured.

At the beginning of the story an unnamed narrator is brought to trial before various sinister judges.

The " reality " of the story is enhanced through Poe's focus on sensation: the dungeon is airless and unlit, the narrator is subject to thirst and starvation, he is swarmed by rats, the closing walls are red-hot metal and, of course, the razor-sharp pendulum threatens to slice into the narrator.

Elissa is the narrator of this tale which was either taken from a fabliau by Jean de Condé written between 1313 and 1337, or from a story about Saint Jerome in The Golden Legend, written about 1260.

However, the framing story is that these letters were actual documents given to the narrator by his guardian angel one night in 1728 ; for this reason, Paul Alkon suggests in his book Origins of Futuristic Fiction that " the first time-traveler in English literature is a guardian angel who returns with state documents from 1998 to the year 1728 ", although the book does not explicitly show how the angel obtained these documents.

In this story, the narrator is waiting under a tree to be picked up by a coach which will take him out of Newcastle, when he suddenly finds himself transported back over a thousand years.