<p>waas 1st person used to shows peoples motives and feelings
or
to tell events in order</p>
<p>show events as they happened.</p>
<p>people’s motives and feelings is definitely wrong because 1st person cant do that, it can only show what the narrator is thinking, not others’ motives.</p>
<p>let’s not think in accordance of the rules of narrative writing. the concept of “events in order” is all too broad - the story could be told in any point of view to still provide the same sequence of events. however, the first person provided insight into the personal opinion of the people. e.g., the narrator provides a look into the feelings of the father - one of disapproval and of sympathy.</p>
<p>yes that was exactly wat i was thinking but everyone says im wrong
events could b through any narator
he talked about the father’s uneasiness (was that an answer), about the woman’s uneasiness, how the mother wanted the box
it had to be motives emotions</p>
<p>was the father uneasy or something
wat did the father think of mother trying to take box disapproved, but knew why she wanted it felt bad?</p>
<p>3rd person would be better suited for motives/emotions. How can first person show OTHER peoples emotions? The answer for show events as they happened had some kind of wording which i forget that indicated something personal to the narrator.</p>
<p>father was un easy.</p>
<p>he was also disaproving and sympathetic</p>
<p>no b/c the narrator knows mother’s past, etc., knows she wants it box
the events said
narrator could tell events in order they happened (exact wording)</p>
<p>im certain there was more, and most people agree with me. but its useless to argue because now it is simply a question of who remembered it correctly.</p>
<p>I thought it was something about direct narration</p>
<p>yeah, direct narration of events. same thing.</p>
<p>im just wondering
w/ the narrator doesn’t he talk about emotions and motives of family members etc.
doesn’t that imply that is the use for the narration
couldn;t third person give direct narration of events</p>
<p>direct implies that the narrator can give a firsthand account. this is why it is in first person. 3rd person would be an outside, indirect account.</p>
<p>i agree with stockguru.</p>