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Chalk Talk. Marks Fall 2014 Unpacking Ellen Foster. Explaining the Unreliable Narrator. What is an unreliable narrator? a first-person narrator that for some reason has a compromised point-of-view. the reader has reason not to trust what the narrator is saying

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Chalk Talk

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  1. Chalk Talk Marks Fall 2014 Unpacking Ellen Foster

  2. Explaining the Unreliable Narrator • What is an unreliable narrator? • a first-person narrator that for some reason has a compromised point-of-view. • the reader has reason not to trust what the narrator is saying • The narrator serves as a filter for events

  3. Reasons behind the unreliable narrator • Age • Prejudice • Low intelligence • hallucinations or dementia • personality flaw

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