Why do you think Harper Lee choses to have scout be the narator? and what perspective is scout able to give that another narator might not be able to give??
2006-11-29 14:40:09 · 3 answers · asked by Jesse C 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
A child as a narrator is unusual. Presumable no learned biases, so adds an innocence to the story telling.
2006-11-29 14:44:43 · answer #1 · answered by T C 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Scout narrates in the first person, telling what she saw and heard at the time and augmenting this narration with thoughts and assesments of her experiences in retrospect. Although she is by no means an omniscient narrator, she has matured considerably over the intervening years and often implicitly and humorously comments on the naïveté she displayed in her thoughts and actions as a young girl. Scout mostly tells of her own thoughts but also devotes considerable time to recounting and analyzing Jem’s thoughts and actions.
tone · Childlike, humorous, nostalgic, innocent; as the novel progresses, increasingly dark, foreboding, and critical of society
2006-11-30 11:33:01 · answer #2 · answered by Bigblinkfan2003 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Haha we just started that book today.
2006-11-29 22:47:20 · answer #3 · answered by Sonya 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋