A narrator can write from different points of view, mainly first person or third person. Choosing the point of view is a big deal for an author, because the perspective from which a novel is narrated has a big impact on a reader's experience.
Probably depressing and gloomy
The action verb is the word that "does something", is an action.
The only thing you can do is "possess"
The action verb is possess.
behave in a way so as to belittle or degrade....