Question

hink back to ''Gumption''. If the narration had been Third-person, would you have sympathized as much with the narrator? Why or why not? How did the narration affect you?

Answer 1

I haven't read "Gumption," but by what you're saying, I'm assuming that it is written in first person (where the main character is the narrator [also where I and we are used with the narrator's dialogue]). By reading something in first person, we get to see inside that character's head because what they're telling us is based upon their worldview. We are seeing things through their eyes all the time, so we see their side of the story. That is why we sympathize with first person narrators the most.

Hopefully, you can use this as a basis for your response and add onto it with information from "Gumption."