Authors create narrators to better structure their work and create conflict as well as establish the tone and mood to entice readers. James Hurst’s story the “Scarlet Ibis” shows that you should have hope even in the darkest times. Having a first person narrator's account of the conflict while establishing tone and mood conveys this message. Having William Armstrong’s brother as the narrator gives us his view on the passage. “I wanted more than anything else someone to race to horsehead landing, someone to box with...I wanted a brother’’ (Hurst, 2). He has hope for his brother to become someone he can hang out with. The author gives us the conflict right away when he explains the condition of William Armstrong and how difficult
Authors create narrators to better structure their work and create conflict as well as establish the tone and mood to entice readers. James Hurst’s story the “Scarlet Ibis” shows that you should have hope even in the darkest times. Having a first person narrator's account of the conflict while establishing tone and mood conveys this message. Having William Armstrong’s brother as the narrator gives us his view on the passage. “I wanted more than anything else someone to race to horsehead landing, someone to box with...I wanted a brother’’ (Hurst, 2). He has hope for his brother to become someone he can hang out with. The author gives us the conflict right away when he explains the condition of William Armstrong and how difficult