In "Through the Tunnel," how would the story change if Doris Lessing had used the first-person narration of Jerry?

The reader would learn the individual thoughts of the local swimmers as they watched Jerry.
The reader would be more confident of Jerry's survival because he would be the one telling the story.
The reader would not be offered the personal thoughts of Jerry's mother.
The reader would become a character in the story and more involved.

Question

In "Through the Tunnel," how would the story change if Doris Lessing had used the first-person narration of Jerry?

The reader would learn the individual thoughts of the local swimmers as they watched Jerry.
The reader would be more confident of Jerry's survival because he would be the one telling the story.
The reader would not be offered the personal thoughts of Jerry's mother.
The reader would become a character in the story and more involved.

zenmo · Answer

The reader would be more confident of jerry's survival ...

anonymous · Answer

would it also be The reader would become a character in the story and more involved?

anonymous · Answer

@Zenmo would that be it?

cheyennecoffelt · Answer

It would help to put this in English and not mathematics but i would agree, after all, Jerry would be the one talking, which means he isn't dead...

anonymous · Answer

me and Zenmo would be right? @CheyenneCoffelt

cheyennecoffelt · Answer

Well if it is in first person, then we wouldn't know what his mom or the other swimmers are thinking.