Question

What is the effect of the first-person narration in "There's a Man in the Habit of Hitting me on the Head with an Umbrella"?

Answer 1

`It lends a sense of believability to the absurd events, allowing the reader to suspend their disbelief. I would say this is the effect of the narration, to make the hitting on the head seem believable especially using the analogy of the fly and also his remorse at hitting the man.