Friday 11 April 2014

What are some examples of books/stories/etc. that are narrated in third person omniscient style?

Third person narration is identifiable because it means that the narrator is an outside observer.  He or she is not a character within the novel.  The style is easily identified because it uses the "he," "she," "they," pronouns.  A third person omniscient narrator is a narrator that knows everything.  He knows the thoughts and actions of every character in the novel.  That includes the good guys and the bad guys.  It would look something like...

Third person narration is identifiable because it means that the narrator is an outside observer.  He or she is not a character within the novel.  The style is easily identified because it uses the "he," "she," "they," pronouns.  A third person omniscient narrator is a narrator that knows everything.  He knows the thoughts and actions of every character in the novel.  That includes the good guys and the bad guys.  It would look something like this:



Billy thought to himself, "We are in so much trouble." 


Jane, at the same moment, thought that she didn't care about the coming trouble.  All that mattered to her was that she was standing safely next to her brother, Billy.  



It's a popular narrative style for authors like Clive Cussler.  Neal Shusterman's Unwind novels are written in this perspective.  A controversial series by Philip Pullman is also written in third person omniscient.  The series is the His Dark Materials series.  The first book is The Golden Compass which Hollywood made into a movie about 10 years ago.  Probably the most world famous example that I can give of this narrative style is Tolkien's Lord of the Rings trilogy.  

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