1. Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Suskind
... more surprising and personal, additionally making the real life of the narrated seem more graphic and emotional, making them feel as if they were a figurative character of the scenes played throughout the novel. This general idea is backed up by "Green's (2004) idea that the high degree of transportation - characteristic of first-person narratives - results in the fictional world seeming more like a ... real place;" (Green). So when the protagonist describes his first murder in great detail and how it wasn't about the kill for him but the savior of the scent the entire scene becomes ten ...
- Word Count: 3837
- Approx Pages: 15
- Has Bibliography
- Grade Level: Graduate