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John Dowell is another unreliable narrator who reveals to the reader things he is not aware of himself.
As he collects facts relating to the death of the dog, he unwittingly pieces together a jigsaw that reveals to the reader the lies, grief and evasions of his parents' lives.
Then, rupturing the novel's time scheme, Nathan reveals to the reader an extraordinary possibility: that Amy Bellette is (or thinks she is) none other than the legendary Anne Frank, the heroine-author of the famous "Diary of Anne Frank," the girl everyone believed had been killed by the Nazis!
The narrator regains his imagination in the end by correctly identifying (to the parrot's satisfaction) what each character stands for, and an appendix reveals to the reader (in case he or she hasn't figured it out already) that all of the strange characters at the inn are figures from literature.
In the comics essay "Dance of the Gull Catchers" which closes the From Hell appendices, Moore metaphorically reveals to the reader the myriad choices he could have made from the available historical evidence when putting together his version of the Jack the Ripper story.
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She is first revealed to the reader via the celebrated diarist Samuel Pepys.
That secret, revealed to the reader two-thirds of the way through the novel, is the fulcrum on which "Tomorrow" turns.
In novels there are all sorts of ways to reveal to the reader what a protagonist is like, though these revelations can take time.
It speaks always with at least two voices, at times representing the limited perspective of its characters, at times revealing to the reader elements of the story unknown to some or all of those characters.
The "news" that the twins will be told is about their conception, and, once it is revealed to the reader, we are free to stop guessing and start enjoying the novel's more delicate truths.
Meanwhile, Darren's reminiscences of his relationship with Becky act as a counterpoint to Clover's fantasies, gradually revealing to the reader the truth about Becky's life and death.
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