Narrator Assessment Project - Thanksgiving 2011

Story A

My Thanksgiving dinner at the Jammer party was good. I got a poster of me and Frankie, and I got three posters of the Charger Girls. Then Mrs. Jammer told everybody to sit down so we did.  I sat with Jackie, Amy, Hilary, and Phil at one of the small red tables. Then Mrs. Jammer introduced us to Mr.Victor Marx, and he told us a very sad story about his life. Then he told us that he was a master in Martial arts, then he showed us different stunts, and volunteers went up on the stage to do some of those stunts with him. Then we all had dinner and desert, and while we ate desert we saw different types of dancers doing different dances to different songs. That is why the Jammer dinner was awesome.

Story B

Derek thought the Jammer dinner party was good, even though he’s been to the Hall Of Champions in Balboa Park 4 or 5 times. Some parts have been the same like the dancers, but what he liked most was when Victor Marx gave his speech, he thought it was sad, but he also enjoyed it. He talked to a lot of people like Quentin Jammer and some of the other kids, then he ate a lot of Turkey, and stuffing. After the speech he watched the dancers, which gave a really good show, a show that continues to be enjoyable even after 4 years. Then after everything ended at the Hall of Champions everyone, including me, had to leave the Jammer dinner, and then everyone got on the buses and vans and we all left the Hall of Champions.

Story C

A narrator can influence a story by explaining a story or person, but they can also change the thoughts and feelings of a character, or characters. Also, a narrator can influence a story by their voice. For example, a narrator can be reading you a loving soft story, and you would be expecting a soft loving voice, and not a harsh manly voice, it also goes the same for an adventurous story, you would be expecting a person with a manly voice, and you might hear a soft loving voice.

There are some stories that are first person narrative, like Story A, and there are stories that are third person limited, like Story B. In first person narrative the narrator is a character in the story, so that the narrator reveals the plot by referring to this viewpoint character as "I" (or, when plural, "we"). In third person narrative each and every character is referred to by the narrator as "he", "she", "it", or "they", but never as "I" or "we",  or "you".