Tone

The tone of an objective narrator is when the writer uses words so that what they are writing is unbiased and also unemotional. The opposite tone, which is a subjective narrator, that’s when the writer tries to make it seem like a personal experience, expressing his/her opinions. I think Capote could be an objective narrator because he does not stick to one certain character; he doesn’t describe them in thought by describing how they really feel. Capote tells the story from the points of view of mostly all the important characters. An example of Capote switching from one character to the other would be on pages 159-163; first talking about Floyd Wells then Alvin Dewey. In a way Capote could also be a subjective narrator because it seems like he adds to the story from his opinions. The story is kind of being told like a newscast so that could make him a subjective narrator. So I guess you can say that Truman Capote is not just an objective narrator or just a subjective narrator, but in a way both. Well at least in my opinion that’s how it seems.