The limited narrator in this story is clearly a child with restricted understanding of the significance of the completion of the bridge. The narrator states that “We weren't quite sure what it all meant, except that for now, my sister Rachel and I were putting on our finest dresses and the shoes Mother had polished twice.” This childlike view of the opening of the bridge limits our understanding of the day to what the narrator describes. For example, there may be political or social elements that occurred on this day that the reader cannot see because a child narrator would not understand their impact or even notice that they are present.
The limited narrator in this story is clearly a child with restricted understanding of the significance of the completion of the bridge. The narrator states that “We weren't quite sure what it all meant, except that for now, my sister Rachel and I were putting on our finest dresses and the shoes Mother had polished twice.” This childlike view of the opening of the bridge limits our understanding of the day to what the narrator describes. For example, there may be political or social elements that occurred on this day that the reader cannot see because a child narrator would not understand their impact or even notice that they are present.
