An unreliable narrator is someone who tells a story but the credibility of that story is in doubt. This can be because the point of view of the character is lying, insane, deluded or false. Dioneo tells the stories on a road trip with the brigata during the time of the Black Death in Italy, in 1348. To get their attention from the miseries they get turns telling stories.
Question: Which of the following is textual evidence from the beginning of his tenth-day narrative that Dioneo is an unreliable narrator? Select all that apply.
Answer:
A) He reveals his personal interest in the group's regard for his belonging to the brigata.
D) His cautionary advice against folly reveals his motives.
The answer is c, because the men know that if Curley has found Lennie, they would of tortured him and killed him brutally, and so George wanted to shot him out of mercy
1. She could see in the open square before her house the tops of trees that were all aquiver with the new spring life.
2. There were patches of blue sky showing here and there through the clouds that had met and piled one above the other in the west facing her window.