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Write out a sample paragraph or paragraphs from this text from the point of view of a third person or observer, to find out which style of narration would you consider to be more effective ? Why ?
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Had somebody else narrated Douglas’s experience, it would have been in indirect form of narration and not in autobiographical or direct form of narration, used by Douglas. Douglas has narrated his experience in T form. If somebody else would have narrated about his experience, he would have mostly used ‘he’ instead of ‘I’.
If one’s experiences about his or her own life are to be told, I would definitely like to read these in the autobiographical form. This is because then it will be the first hand account of the author’s own experiences, which are likely to be more authentic, true and realistic. Moreover, one can express one’s own feelings more accurately and sincerely as compared to the feelings and experiences narrated by somebody else.