Creative writing in the third person inspired by Katherine Mansfield's 'The Fly'
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I can rewrite two paragraphs of Katherine Mansfield's short story 'The Fly' (1922) shifting the focus from the boss to the character of Macey, the boss's employee.
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Katherine Mansfield’s 'The Fly' is written using a third person omniscient narrator.
A third person narrator uses 'she', 'he' and 'they' rather than 'I'.
A third person narrator might focus more on one or more character’s experiences.
Using third person means that the reader often has to interpret why a character does something rather being told why.
We learn little about the character of Macey, but there are suggestions of his devotion to the boss.
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