Why is Brutus’ involvement in Caesar’s assassination especially tragic? Brutus did not participate in the actual assassination;
he only helped plan it. Brutus did not help plan the assassination; he only helped carry it out. Brutus did not help plan the assassination; he did not help carry it out. Brutus delivered the final blow and assassinated his friend.
Answer: When writing in first-person, the story the author is telling becomes much more personal, and therefore makes readers feel their emotions much more than if a narrator was describing the way a person in the story felt.
