Who Is The Narrator In The Outsider

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Credibility is always something you want to look for in a person, be it a narrator or anyone else, the narrator in this story does not seem very credible, but we can use textual evidence and proof from the story to separate the facts from the opinion. Let’s get started

“ Unhappy is he to whom the memories of childhood bring only fear and sadness” this is the first sentence of the story “The Outsider”, by just this little bit of information we can conclude that the narrator of this story may or may not be depressed, if so, that can alter the point of view and opinions. It also states in the story that the narrator lives in a dark, damp castle, further leading to my theory of possible depression (you would be depressed if you lived alone in

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