The narrative technique employed by Lee in this novel is the first person narrator stance with Jean Louise Finch’s (the protagonist’s) point of view. By definition, the first-person narrator technique refers to the method that is applied by having a major character relating his or her story. In this case, Jean Louise Finch, hereafter known as Scout, narrates of her experience during a particularly tumultuous time in her hometown, Maycomb. Point of view refers to the voice used by the author to tell the story and in this novel, Lee uses Scout’s voice.

This is actually a very unique because Scout was just a child for most parts of the novel. To have such a weighty story told through the voice of a child presents a whole new perspective to us jaded (maybe) readers an

Scout is a child and as we know, children are both inquisitive and curious. These are two traits that are exceedingly displayed by Scout. Therefore, the bonus of having her voice as the narrator is that I am given every possible description in the most detailed manner. In one of the climaxes in the story where Bob Ewell, the villain of the story attacks Scout and Jem (Scout’s brother), Scout gives such a thorough account of the whole ordeal that I am able to figure out what is happening without any difficulties. This is just one way of how the narrative techniques used by Lee raises the cognition level of her work.

Besides the language use, another advantage in using Scout’s point of view is that I get a perfectly honest and objective description of the issues at hand. Scout tends to tell it as it is, without mincing her words, “Atticus, you must be wrong…Well, most folks seem to think they’re right and you’re wrong.” (Page 116), even if it refers to her own father. So, it would be correct to say that Scout the child’s capability of candid-ness inadvertently lends an air of pure honesty into the story. It is the ‘voice of innocence’ that does not lie, deceive or delude.

One of the best things about having a child’s voice narrating the story is that the reader is assured of the use of simple language. By simple, I mean that Scout rarely dwells on long, bombastic words that so many novels out there employ to sound serious and important. In contrast, Scout tells the story in a way that a child might; with very de

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