... ; yet upon seeing this basic reality, we wait in expectation of the additional commentary to come, as the narrator's penchant for elaborate explanation and insight into the minds of the characters has made us dependent on him for our knowledge. His choice to deprive us of this knowledge at this most critical time renders us powerless to understand the situation-we ... given no direction on how to interpret them. In this simple phrasing, there is an uncomfortable reminder that the narrator's commentary is a gift to the reader, not a requirement-commentary is a literary luxury, not a reali...

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