Comments on: John Hewitt’s Writing Tips: Explaining the Unreliable Narrator

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Sat, 04 Dec 2010 07:51:48 +0000

Thank you for this information! I am writing an essay on unreliable Humbert in Lolita. This has given me some good ideas

By: John

John — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 16:38:58 +0000

Thanks, this helped out a bunch.

By: John Hewitt

John Hewitt — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 19:17:17 +0000

You’re welcome Linda!

By: linda mcmahon

linda mcmahon — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 07:21:41 +0000

thank you all! i am sitting here at 3 a.m., eating egg drop soup and staring at the heretofore blank first page of a paper regarding the reliability, or not, of nick carraway, narrator of “The Great Gatsby.” Now I have some starting points! Again, thank you!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 20:23:52 +0000

Thanks so much, im writing an essay on unreliable narrators this is excellent help! Would you be able to help out with the citations by anychance? I cite in MLA but cant seem to find how to cite web addresses. Thanks!

By: Convincing First Person Narrative « Ripping Ozzie Reads

Convincing First Person Narrative « Ripping Ozzie Reads — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 10:03:25 +0000

[...] Because the reader only knows what that narrator knows, and this heightens tension as the mystery unfolds. So if you want to drip feed information, or even mislead the reader with an unreliable narrator you could use first person. (See here for an explanation of unreliable narrator). [...]

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 02:03:17 +0000

Thank you for your help! I am writing an analysis of the point of view used in Edgar Allen Poe’s “Tell-Tale Heart.” This is highly beneficial!

By: student

student — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 15:41:44 +0000

Thank you very much, I’m writing an essay about the Catcher int he Rye, and it is based on the unreliability of first person narration, and how holden lies and his description and retelling of event are unreliable and we require a secondary source, this is perfect.

By: Kay

Kay — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 00:59:29 +0000

This is great, I’ve been trying to find just a regular old definition of an unreliable narrator for my paper on the many Narrators of Heart of a Dog

By: Lauren

Lauren — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 15:24:33 +0000

Thank you!!!! I’m doing a paper and I needed something to prove my point!