The World According to Garp Group

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bcdpht17
bcdpht17
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High School - 11th Grade

What narrative point of view would best apply to John Irvings The World According to Garp ?

If possible why you think the author could have used this narrative point of view.  I think he used third person limited but not wuite sure.

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Posted by bcdpht17 on Thursday July 26, 2007 at 6:46 PM and tagged with narrative, point of view, the world according to garp.

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  1. jamie-wheeler Teacher
    College - Sophomore

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    I would say that it is third person limited (the narrator only knowing the thoughts and feelings of a single character, in this case, TS Garp.)

    However, Irving complicates matters by toggling between two third person limited points of view:  that of Garp, ("Garp found that he could forget her; lust, as his mother called it, was tricky that way")  and that of his "official biographer"  ("In the world according to Garp, we are all terminal cases.")

    Sources:
    http://www.enotes.com/garp

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    Posted by jamie-wheeler on Thursday July 26, 2007 at 7:04 PM