Analysis Of Margaret Atwood's 'Lusus Naturae'

The dialogue a narrator uses with characters in a short story reflects on how the story is being understood by the reader. A character’s dialogue is assumed to be controlled by the author, and then the reader comprehends the dialogue through different points of view in which is told by a narrator. Which point of view the author uses can change how the reader may understand the story. Understanding a story is not just based off the ability to comprehend the plot, setting, characters, and theme. But importantly, understanding what point of view the narrator is in and whether the narrator has dialogue with characters within the story is important. The short story “Lusus Naturae”, written by Margaret Atwood, it’s a short story told by a first person narrator who is a main character in the story but has very minimum dialogue with the other characters. Another short story, “Sonny’s Blues”, written by James Baldwin, is

In “Sonny’s Blues”, author James Baldwin used first person as the narration. His first person narrator was a main character in the story who shared dialogue very consistently throughout the entire story with other characters. The narrator is “Sonny’s Blues” included thoughts and actions of their own. In “Lusus Naturae”, Margaret Atwood used first-person as well. Although Atwood and Baldwin used the narrator as a main character in the story, the narrator in “Lusus Naturae” was different than the narrator in “Sonny’s Blues.” The narrator in “Lusus Naturae” used very minimum dialogue with other characters. Atwood’s narrator never had a response from another character and the narrator’s motives were explained through the description of her actions in the story. “Lusus Naturae” would be easier for a reader to understand based on how the author used the narrator’s point of view and how the author used dialogue between the narrator and other characters in the