Narrator and point of view

“England versus England” by Doris Lessing is rendered in the third-person, by a narrator outside the events in the story. The narrator mostly uses the perspective of Charlie, the protagonist on what happens: “At the bus stop Charlie turned to look back at the village, now a low hollow of black, streaked and spattered with sullen wet lights.” (p. 75, ll. 7-8)

Furthermore, the narrator seems to have unlimited knowledge in what Charlie is concerned, giving access to readers into the man’s thoughts a...