For literary geeks out there
So working on my extended essay (a lit paper in my case), has lead to digging through some old notes. Among them I found one I'm rather fond of, though sadly I was not able to use it in the paper. It's in a book by William Riggan, which deals with the various types of Unreliable Narrators.
'A second kind of effect requires a secret communication of the author and reader behind the narrator's back.. Though the narrator may have some redeeming qualities of mind or heart, we travel with the silent author, observing as from a rear seat the humorous or disgraceful or ridiculous or vicious driving behavior of the narrator seated in front. The author may wink and nudge, but he may not speak. The reader may sympathize or deplore, but he never accepts the narrator as a reliable guide.'
'A second kind of effect requires a secret communication of the author and reader behind the narrator's back.. Though the narrator may have some redeeming qualities of mind or heart, we travel with the silent author, observing as from a rear seat the humorous or disgraceful or ridiculous or vicious driving behavior of the narrator seated in front. The author may wink and nudge, but he may not speak. The reader may sympathize or deplore, but he never accepts the narrator as a reliable guide.'