Sentences with phrase «omniscient narrator»

The action RPG included an omniscient narrator was absolutely groundbreaking at the time, and now it's available to download for the Xbox One with new Achievements and the Stranger's Dream expansion.

Pike's performance is delightful and especially wonderful when it comes to the novel's omniscient narrator.

«A richly detailed tapestry of tragedy and triumph told by a seemingly omniscient narrator with an attention to detail that reads like fiction while in possession of the urgent humanity of nonfiction.»

In the hands of Australian writer Markus Zusak, Death is a surprisingly enjoyable omniscient narrator.

Discuss the symbolism of Death as the omniscient narrator of the novel.

Just when you think you're being guided by an omniscient narrator, author - illustrator Julia Sarcone - Roach throws you a curveball in this very funny picture book about the art of misdirection.

Readers will appreciate the omniscient narrator's asides, Fairyland's numerous absurd rules, and several sequels to this title.

A sentence like «High heels be damned, she ran down the street towards number Twenty - Eight» begins with a first - person narrator (it's the girl who damns the high heels) and then shifts to third (it's an omniscient narrator who describes her running down the street), which can jar and disorient the reader.

AR: I see this happening whenever writers rely on an omniscient narrator who analyzes the character's motivation to rationalize a not - so - hidden agenda.

However, as the novel develops, Romochka's conscious thoughts and feelings, which are supplied by the omniscient narrator, often seem too self - aware and deliberate for a four - year - old in such a situation.

How would it have been different if told by an omniscient narrator?

But it takes an omniscient narrator to tell Jeanne's story, to describe how this unsophisticated French housekeeper is impacted by the power of the God.

During gameplay, the player is constantly prompted by a non-visible omniscient narrator to make certain choices, which according to the narrator are pre-destined.

Breezily paced, Dope opens with an omniscient narrator (Forest Whitaker) who advises u...

First, she cast Anna Kendrick in the central role of «Beca;» second, she cast herself as «Gail» (an ever - present but far from omniscient narrator on the sidelines).

Alternating with Ronit's swingin» first - person storytelling, an omniscient narrator leaps in and out of the characters» heads, and each chapter begins with a mini-sermon based on Torah, Mishnah, the prayerbook, or hand - me - down sayings.

There's no onscreen titles or omniscient narrator to explain the film's context and setting.

No, the explanation for Adaline Bowman's (Blake Lively) unchanging physical form is purely scientific — it's just that the science behind the phenomenon won't be discovered until 2035, according to the omniscient narrator who walks viewers through her unique condition in the film's opening scenes.

No less important, this film relies on a variety of storytelling devices and narrative forms, such as narrative painting, the gothic tale, the incest story, the letter, the dream, the flashback, the omniscient narrator, and the horizontal wipe.

Here, the motor - mouthed comedian serves as an omniscient narrator who calls the battle - of - the - sexes» play - by - play.

But we are the advantaged disciples because we are listening to an omniscient narrator informing us of events and actions in the life of Jesus that his original disciples do not experience.

Not exact matches

At times, Perry courts those comparisons, especially to Anderson: Schwartzman plays Philip like a version of «Rushmore's» Max Fischer who never gained perspective, while the film employs the same use of fake book covers and an omniscient, literary narrator (Eric Bogosian instead of Alec Baldwin) as «The Royal Tenenbaums.»

In which David Wain, he of Wet Hot American Summer fame, takes on the life of Doug Kenney (played by Will Forte and, in his omniscient - narrator state, Martin Mull), a Harvard man who'd co-create the National Lampoon, co-write Animal House and inject much - needed vulgar irreverence into American comedy before mysteriously falling off a cliff in 1980.

And your use of the omniscient (and at times irreverent) narrator is particularly effective in Whichwood, since it gives readers a bit of distance from all the death and gore.

When we step into their individual worlds, one at a time, we don't learn their every thought — the narrator who follows them isn't omniscient — but rather we have a partial, or selective, understanding of them.