Identifying the narrative voice of a text enables the reader to consider the point of view, the degree of omniscience used, the objectivity, and reliability of where the story is coming from, how it is coming across, and most importantly who is recounting the events that took place. Considering the information given in the text and the message it tries to convey to the audience, you can classify a narrative into 5 general narrative voices: objective or dramatic, framed, omniscient, limited omniscient and First-person.
Each narrative voice has key traits and when used correctly, has the power and ability to be able to retell the exact same story in 5 unique and enlightening ways, depending on what exactly it is the author is trying to convey to the reader. …show more content…
Scout’s innocence on the book is so important as it shaped different aspects of what the reader gained, such as a realization of how easily young minds are inVluenced and the seriousness of the actions around these young children.
This inVluences the reader to respond in a way that takes into consideration the naive mindset Scout had and the journey it took to grow up in a time of discrimination and hate. In the novel, it really represented how impressionable Scout’s mind was when she was younger, we see this as she matures throughout the story and her character development takes in traits from her role models such as her father Atticus. Scout begins to incorporate and take on the advice her father gave to her and consequently she grows up with the same views as him. The First-person narrative also shows how Scout grows and learns what is socially acceptable and matures in a way that is Hit. This happens as we see Scout being blatantly blunt and honest in the beginning, but then later see her mature and realize she needs to tone it down and be more sensitive towards other’s feelings. We see this when Calpurnia is shocked by the insensitive comments that Scout makes, which she