https://padlet.com/hollyalexander2/b63r9qczi6xpzgs6 Skim through the prologue of The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind again. Notice that although it is written in first person, the narrator’s name is not given. Why might the authors have chosen not to include the narrator’s name in the prologue? en-us 2022-09-29 15:00:34 UTC 2025-10-30 14:53:51 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f343.png https://padlet.com/hollyalexander2/b63r9qczi6xpzgs6/wish/2335443144  The author didnt include the narrators name to make the reader wonder and build suspence for the next chapter]]> 2022-10-11 14:51:03 UTC https://padlet.com/hollyalexander2/b63r9qczi6xpzgs6/wish/2335443144 https://padlet.com/hollyalexander2/b63r9qczi6xpzgs6/wish/2335443431 I think its because the author is waiting for the first chapter to introduce all the characters.]]> 2022-10-11 14:51:13 UTC https://padlet.com/hollyalexander2/b63r9qczi6xpzgs6/wish/2335443431 https://padlet.com/hollyalexander2/b63r9qczi6xpzgs6/wish/2335443614 I think the narrator's name is not given to make people want to read more.]]> 2022-10-11 14:51:19 UTC https://padlet.com/hollyalexander2/b63r9qczi6xpzgs6/wish/2335443614 https://padlet.com/hollyalexander2/b63r9qczi6xpzgs6/wish/2335444562 I think that they didn't include the author's name because they want people to want to read on.]]> 2022-10-11 14:51:43 UTC https://padlet.com/hollyalexander2/b63r9qczi6xpzgs6/wish/2335444562 https://padlet.com/hollyalexander2/b63r9qczi6xpzgs6/wish/2335444624 They did not say the narrator's name because they may want to show the narrator later on in the book.]]> 2022-10-11 14:51:45 UTC https://padlet.com/hollyalexander2/b63r9qczi6xpzgs6/wish/2335444624 https://padlet.com/hollyalexander2/b63r9qczi6xpzgs6/wish/2335445263 mabey because  they wanted to keep it for the chapters to interduce the boys name 

]]> 2022-10-11 14:52:05 UTC https://padlet.com/hollyalexander2/b63r9qczi6xpzgs6/wish/2335445263 https://padlet.com/hollyalexander2/b63r9qczi6xpzgs6/wish/2335445433 i think he did not showhis name he wanted to wait till later into the text were ther might b more charicters]]> 2022-10-11 14:52:11 UTC https://padlet.com/hollyalexander2/b63r9qczi6xpzgs6/wish/2335445433 deklancompton https://padlet.com/hollyalexander2/b63r9qczi6xpzgs6/wish/2335446022 i think they don't want there name in the cause it tells you at the end]]> 2022-10-11 14:52:28 UTC https://padlet.com/hollyalexander2/b63r9qczi6xpzgs6/wish/2335446022 https://padlet.com/hollyalexander2/b63r9qczi6xpzgs6/wish/2335446327 I think its because the prologue is meant to be a teaser so people would want to continue on in the book.]]> 2022-10-11 14:52:36 UTC https://padlet.com/hollyalexander2/b63r9qczi6xpzgs6/wish/2335446327 https://padlet.com/hollyalexander2/b63r9qczi6xpzgs6/wish/2335446435 I think the author didn't include the name of the narrator because it might fit into the story later on when the author introduces the other characters names]]> 2022-10-11 14:52:39 UTC https://padlet.com/hollyalexander2/b63r9qczi6xpzgs6/wish/2335446435 https://padlet.com/hollyalexander2/b63r9qczi6xpzgs6/wish/2335446445   The characters are usually set up when the story is set up in chapter 1.]]> 2022-10-11 14:52:39 UTC https://padlet.com/hollyalexander2/b63r9qczi6xpzgs6/wish/2335446445 https://padlet.com/hollyalexander2/b63r9qczi6xpzgs6/wish/2335446469 The authors chose not to include the narrator's name because it is written in first person which authors will use words such as I and me.]]> 2022-10-11 14:52:40 UTC https://padlet.com/hollyalexander2/b63r9qczi6xpzgs6/wish/2335446469 https://padlet.com/hollyalexander2/b63r9qczi6xpzgs6/wish/2335446505 I think the reason that the author didn't state the character's name, is so that way towards the end of the book, when this most likely will happen, we wont know who the one who made light was. We know there will be multiple characters in the book, but which one will make light?]]> 2022-10-11 14:52:41 UTC https://padlet.com/hollyalexander2/b63r9qczi6xpzgs6/wish/2335446505 https://padlet.com/hollyalexander2/b63r9qczi6xpzgs6/wish/2335447267 I think the author chose not to give the narrators name because the narrator wants you to wonder and as you wonder you will want to read more and if the author gave you the name it would be boring]]> 2022-10-11 14:53:06 UTC https://padlet.com/hollyalexander2/b63r9qczi6xpzgs6/wish/2335447267 https://padlet.com/hollyalexander2/b63r9qczi6xpzgs6/wish/2335447658 i think the narrator's name is not on the book because he probley won't put the boy name in the book]]> 2022-10-11 14:53:19 UTC https://padlet.com/hollyalexander2/b63r9qczi6xpzgs6/wish/2335447658 https://padlet.com/hollyalexander2/b63r9qczi6xpzgs6/wish/2335447865 The author might have not chosen to state the narrator's name so people would read on in the book. ]]> 2022-10-11 14:53:26 UTC https://padlet.com/hollyalexander2/b63r9qczi6xpzgs6/wish/2335447865 https://padlet.com/hollyalexander2/b63r9qczi6xpzgs6/wish/2335448089 I think the author did not include the narrator's name cause the author wanted to introduce all the characters at once]]> 2022-10-11 14:53:33 UTC https://padlet.com/hollyalexander2/b63r9qczi6xpzgs6/wish/2335448089 aishahasanova https://padlet.com/hollyalexander2/b63r9qczi6xpzgs6/wish/2335448729 I think the author did not include the narrator's name in the prologue to have the readers' interest. ]]> 2022-10-11 14:53:54 UTC https://padlet.com/hollyalexander2/b63r9qczi6xpzgs6/wish/2335448729 https://padlet.com/hollyalexander2/b63r9qczi6xpzgs6/wish/2335448859 In the prologue on "The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind" they didn't add the names maybe because it has to do with something with how the prologue sums things up like the ending and it doesn't need or have to have the narrators name because it is a prologue.]]> 2022-10-11 14:53:57 UTC https://padlet.com/hollyalexander2/b63r9qczi6xpzgs6/wish/2335448859 https://padlet.com/hollyalexander2/b63r9qczi6xpzgs6/wish/2335448917 i think they didn't put the narrator's name yet to keep the name a secret or to keep it until the next chapter ]]> 2022-10-11 14:53:59 UTC https://padlet.com/hollyalexander2/b63r9qczi6xpzgs6/wish/2335448917 https://padlet.com/hollyalexander2/b63r9qczi6xpzgs6/wish/2335449264 I think they didn't inculcated the narrators name because they wanted to have you see what the book was like and biuld som suspence]]> 2022-10-11 14:54:11 UTC https://padlet.com/hollyalexander2/b63r9qczi6xpzgs6/wish/2335449264