As a spotlight beamed down upon them, the man raised his arm high in the air, a popping sound was heard, and in a flash, Jennie, the 10,000-pound elephant, suddenly disappeared.
<u>Explanation:</u>
The story talks about the man whose name is Houdini. The whole story revolves around him and his activities that he does.
In the first paragraph only, we get to know that Houdini is very strong and has got great physical strength in him. He is so strong that is shown that with his single hand only, he picks up an elephant who weights about 10,000 pounds and makes the elephant disappears. The only one who is left on the stage is, he himself. Showing that he is very strong.
The tone is Ironic and Cynical.
An unreliable narrator is a narrator that cannot be trusted because his/her version of the story isn´t completely correct for various reasons, such as his/her mental state or the fact that s/he may not be objective.
The best example of an unreliable narrator is one who narrates the story from a first person perspective. Sometimes the readers know it from the very start of the story that the narrator is unreliable while other times this is revealed gradually throughout the story or even at the end of the story.
