Beyond First-Person

How humor inside parentheses can deepen a reader’s connection with a narrator.

Sure, a first-person narrator has some limitations. They can only inform readers what they know or believe to know.

But one major strength of the first-person narrator is their ability to speak directly to the readers, creating a strong connection.

We generally get an unobstructed view of how a first-person narrator feels, what they think, and what they d…