Hence, this essay aims to examine the role of these different narrative perspectives in influencing the development and perception of certain key characters, namely Lennie Small in Of Mice and Men and Jay Gatsby in The Great Gatsby. ... The description of the characters in Of Mice and Men is not entirely objective either, and is not short of hyperbole and exaggeration. ... In Of Mice and Men, however, the third person narrator tells the story with the ending in mind. ... This fear and despair is then amplified when George visits Lennie at the lake to perform a mercy killing of him. ... In Of ...

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