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6 Major narrator types;

The narrator of a work of fiction is the person (Sometimes even animal or object) who tells the story. 'Point of view' (abbreviated POV) is the perspective from which the narrator or ('Viewpoint Character') speaks. Here are the 6 major types of narrator:

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First Person~
The first-person narrator recounts a personal narrative using the pronoun 'I'. This narrator can be a main character in the story or a less involved observer. The inner worlds and thoughts of characters other than the narrator can only be revealed through what the narrator knows and chooses to tell the reader. Example- the title character and narrator of Jane Austen's​ Jane Eyre.

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Second Person~
The less common type of narrator uses the second-person pronoun, 'you'. This is a common device of 'choose your own adventure' books. Example- the narrator in if on a winter's night a traveller by Italo Calvino. In this book, the reader is addressed as 'you', a character sits down to read calvino's latest book and finds missing pages, leading the reader/protagonist on a quest to find the rest of the unfinished novel.

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Limited Third Person~
This narrator is similar to the first narrator in that only what the narrator percieves and knows is available to the reader. The difference is that 'he' or 'she' is used rather than 'I'. Other characters' feelings and beliefs are only available through the narrator's impression or understanding and these may be limited or biased. Example- Most of J.K. Rowling's harry potter series (Rowling departs from the limited Third person occasionally).

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Omniscient Author-
This type of narrator has access to multiple characters' thoughts and feelings and can describe them all within the course of a single book or even a chapter. This is one of the more complex types of narrator. Example- the narrator of Louisa may alcott's little women, who cycles through individual family members' thoughts and feelings.

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Unreliable Narrator-
This name distinguishes a narrator whose credibility is suspect,unlike a reliable narrator. The narrator might be unreliable because he is willfully deceitful, but narrator's can also be unreliable due to basing their stories on false information or assumptions. In this way the author exploits the obvious pitfalls of having an individual's limited perspective. Example- The butler Stevens in Kazuo Ishiguro's the remains of the day.

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Observer-Narrator-
This type of narrator tells the events of the story in either the first it third person, but does not feature as one of the major characters in the course of events. Another term for this narrator could be 'the witness'. The narrator is similar to the omniscient narrator in this respect, but only has the limited knowledge and perspective of an individual. Example-
Nick Carraway in F. Scott Fitzgerald's the great Gatsby.