Unreliable Narrator

Definition

• Not telling the truth
• Not trusted
• Can be bias, can lie, make mistakes

"Repeatedly gives favorable accounts of himself which turns out to be flawed and deceptive."
-David Lodge

Effects on Reader

• More like the real world
• Makes the story difficult to follow
• Discriminating between truth and falsehood
• Engage our interest

Opinion and Humanity

• They are human
• Not God-like
• Entitled to keep secrets
• Generally first-person

Other Literature

• Game of Thrones
• American Psycho

Relationship

• Real Life
• Just lying in real life

Memory

• Recounting Stories
• Fully Capable of Mistakes
• Changing to a more logical situation
• Could forget because of age

In Life of Pi

• Questionable story
• Possibly lying
• Possible difficulty recounting story