Discuss the impact of using a child narrator in In the Country of Men.

Question 1

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Answer 1

1. Unreliable narrator - meaning is linked at rather told directive. Impact is we are ambiguous we have to piece evidence together
2. Removes bias - not political, not against Guide
3. Corruption of innocence - loss of innocence of Suleiman, lives in quiet panic, traumatised into adulthood

Question 2

BP1 Unreliable narrator - meaning is linked at rather told directive. Impact is we are ambiguous we have to piece evidence together:

Answer 2

“The medicine changed her eyes and made her loose her balance”

“I might not have what it takes to ‘puncture’ a women”

Question 3

BP2 Removes bias - not political, not against Guide

Answer 3

“Everyone knows you mustn’t overtake a Revolutionary Committee car”
“Somebody, a traitor, was printing leaflets criticising the Guide and his revolutionary committee”
“The screen was covered now in a still photograph of pink flowers. This was the picture that meant the broadcast was temporarily interrupted”