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Theme Of Narration In Sons And Lovers

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Narration and point of view play a large role in the acceptance of a story. When the author writes the novel in first person, it gives the reader an immediate connection to the protagonist. A third-person narration is more believable. The reader is being told a story without any personal bias from the characters. With first person narration, the character breaks down the scenes and the reader gets a direct sense of the events. Third person narration allows the reader to get to know multiple characters. Point of view when used with third person narration has a powerful effect. It helps to reader to understand background on different characters and to have knowledge of events that may not be the main focus of the story.
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It bounces most between Mrs. Morel and her son Paul. The narration was third person because there was death amongst the characters. If it was first person we would lose some aspects of the story as well as only have access to one characters opinion. Sons and Lovers was set in Noddingham, England during the late 1800s.
The events of this story lead to the demise of its characters. Mr. Morel’s alcoholism gets between him and his wife early on in their relationship. Walter Morel cannot stand his wife accusing him of being a drunk. One night he felt that she has crossed the line. They were arguing until he physically threw her out of the house. Gertrude is pregnant but this does not faze Walter. His children do not matter to him and neither does his wife.
As the story progresses, Gertrude hates Walter more and more. She turns away from her husband and infatuates herself with her children. She once admired her husband but this admiration turns to loathing and disgust. A little while down the line, Walter comes home drunk again. Gertrude had given birth to the baby at this point. He drops a kitchen drawer against his shin. In a drunken rage, he throws the drawer across the kitchen where it hits Gertrude in the head. She starts bleeding and this sobers Walter up a little. She refuses his help and tells him to get away from her. She bandages her head and tries to forget about the pain by holding her

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