• Imagine that the author decided to tell the same story, still third person limited point of view, with access to the landlady’s thoughts and feelings—not Billy’s.
• If the narrator had access to the landlady's thoughts and not Billy’s, this would not alter the events of the story.
Billy would still come to the Bed and Breakfast.
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• If the narrator had access to the landlady's thoughts and not Billy’s, readers would know the landlady's thoughts about what was happening in the story..
• However, the readers would still hear what Billy says out loud.
• This change shapes the story in a different way, since the two people would have completely different descriptions of and thoughts about the exact same events.
The author might use or emphasize different suspense techniques based on the character the narrator has access to
• To summarize: if the narrator has access to the landlady’s thoughts and feelings and not Billy’s,
• the reader would no longer have access to information about Billy’s thoughts and ideas.
• The reader might have access to
new information based on the
landlady’s thoughts and ideas.
• To summarize: if the narrator has access to the landlady’s thoughts and feelings and not Billy’s,
– the reader would have a different experience because these changes would affect