An unreliable narrator can actually be any type of narrator—limited, omniscient, or limited omniscient. What unreliable means is that the narrator can’t be trusted because he or she has provided accounts that prove to be incorrect either on purpose or because of some mistakes in assessing a situation. An unreliable narrator can increase the true-to-life aspect of a work (which tends to make things more interesting) because of how humans are far from perfect and can, too, be prone to lying and being incorrect.
Answer:
Authors use different literary devices to create plot twists and conflicted characters. One of these devices is the unreliable narrator, a storyteller who withholds information, lies to, or misleads the reader, casting doubt on the narrative. Authors use this device to engage readers on a deeper level, forcing them to come to their own conclusions when the narrator’s point of view can’t be trusted. An unreliable narrator is any type of narrator, either limited, omniscient, or limited omniscient. What unreliable means is that the narrator can’t be trusted because he or she has provided accounts that prove otherwise on purpose or because of some mistakes in assessing a situation. An unreliable narrator can increase the true-to-life aspect of a work (which tends to make things more interesting) because of how humans are far from perfect and can, too, be prone to lying and being incorrect. An unreliable narrator is an untrustworthy storyteller, most often used in narratives with a first-person point of view. The unreliable narrator is either deliberately deceptive or unintentionally misguided, forcing the reader to question their credibility as a storyteller. A famous unreliable narrator comes from Forrest Gump, by Winston Groom. In Winston Groom's Forrest Gump, the titular character is an example of a naïvely unreliable narrator. Forrest is extremely innocent and naïve, so he doesn't always understand the bigger picture of what's going on around him. Forrest lacks experience, and therefore knowledge. That is what makes him an unreliable narrator. That is an example of an unreliable narrator in a text that I have read or experienced outside of this class.
Explanation:
Word count: 265