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Post by sgalle on May 17, 2010 10:45:11 GMT -5
NARRATIVE PERSPECTIVE A story may be narrated in first-person or third-person.
First-person narrators actually appear in the story. They may be reliable (you believe them) or unreliable (you do not always trust their version of the story).
Third-person narratives may be limited (the story does not tell us what is happening inside characters' heads) or they may be omniscient (they know everything, including thoughts).
Which perspective is the work you read in, and how does this affect the work overall?
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Post by Annie Tveten on Aug 14, 2010 10:52:46 GMT -5
The narrator is first person reliable because it’s Alex who tells the story. Alex narrated everything that happens just as it is, and although he gives his point of view I still believe what he says because he tells us things very precisely. As I said before, he gives his point of view so at the beginning of the story there is a sadistic and sarcastic tone, but after Alex goes through the Ludovico’s treatment he tells everything with a softer tone. Annie Tveten 11th grade int.
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Post by rjervis on Aug 17, 2010 19:33:48 GMT -5
This story is narrated in the first-person by it's protagonist Alex. I do not believe Alex to be a very reliable narrator though because he is permanently bias by his own views on life and never thinks or talks about the other side of the story. So even if his recount of what happened is accurate it is not absolute because of his own personal opinions on the facts, like the way he makes everyone in the government and all the doctors sound evil and insensitive to his pain, yet he never takes the time to explain or even wonder why they might be doing all of that to him, the reasons or motivations they might have, only dismissing them plainly as unfair or torture. I don't think a book written from the perspective of a main character could ever be completely reliable because it's never objective. The events and facts of the story will always clash with the character's personality, views and morals. Rebeca Jervis 11
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Post by manuelaribadeneira on Aug 20, 2010 10:57:17 GMT -5
The novel is written in first person. We know all the thoughts and ideas of the main character and narrator, Alex. I can´t really tell if he is reliable or not. Even though it is his own story (and he is the only one who really knows what happened), he has a closed mind and has his own believes of what is right, what is wrong and he has his own theories. An example of this is when his droogs left him when the millicents arrived, he calls them “stinking traitorous droogs?”, and he put all the blame on them. But they did this because Alex was planning to do all the robbing and “ultra-violence” by himself, and they did this because they were angry at him. The novel is affected by him telling the story because of this same reason, it´s all based on Alex´s principals and opinions. Manuela Ribadeneira 11
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Post by alegriaponce on Aug 22, 2010 10:39:49 GMT -5
A Clockwork Orange is narrated in the first-person by the main character, Alex. Throughout the novel we can tell what are Alex's ideas and thoughts towards society, not as a normal teenager though. Alex is talking about his life and his story being a gang and it’s not easy to believe him even though it’s his own story. I can't tell if is reliable or not. His acts make me wonder if he is even true to himself. Alex defiantly has a close mind, he doesn’t care about what is happening around him just to himself, his fine with his own believes and he never talks about how other people feel. His wounded soul makes the reader suffer for him, but what about the pain he caused? Alegria Ponce 11th
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Post by miromero on Aug 28, 2010 22:21:16 GMT -5
The novel, A Clockwork Orange, is narrated in first-person. It is narrated by the main character Alex. I think the way Alex narrates the story is not reliable because we as readers are only able to see one perspective and point of view of how the events happen. The way Alex acts before he was submited to the ludovico’s treatment demonstrates he is a really violent person with no apparent reason so he is not reliable enough. After he has been submited to the Ludovico treatment we notice a difference in the way he acts so he as a narrator also change and we see a different Alex, even tough he is the same character narrating the story from his point of view. Maria Isabel Romero 11th
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Post by alvaro on Aug 29, 2010 17:48:39 GMT -5
The Clockwork Orange is narrated in first person and I think is unreliable. The narrator which is also the main character, narrates everything the way he sees it and only tells his perspective of the events that happened throughout the book. Alex being so closed minded makes his narrations hard to believe. We can not tell if what he says is really true since we don’t have any other perspectives. Most of the people Alex interacts with think the same way that he does, which gives only one perspective of the events. Many of the events he narrates could be even more violent that the way he narrates them since violence is so normal for him. Alvaro Jose Perez Reed Salazar Serrano
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Post by mcsantacruz on Aug 29, 2010 23:17:03 GMT -5
This novel is in first person narrative. I think it is reliable because the novel has a lot of details and descriptions of a lot of events, even the ones that aren't that significant. There might be some parts that aren't believable, because of his reputation of lying effortlessly, but I have no other choice than to believe him because it is the only side of the story I've heard. All of what he says in the novel makes sense as a whole so I do rely on his narrative. María Clara Santacruz
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Post by juanbrito4 on Aug 30, 2010 19:40:02 GMT -5
NARRATOR The novel is in a first person reliable because Alex is who is telling the story. The novel has a lot of details and descriptions of a lot of events, even the ones that aren't that significant, making it reliable for the audience. Alex narrated everything that happens just as it is with all details involve in the action, and even though he gives his point of view I still strongly consider what he says because he tells us things exactly as it happens. Juan Eduardo Brito
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