Tone of voice, narrator and point of view

In the following, we look at the tone of voice, narrator and point of view in the short story "The Baddest Dog in Harlem by Walter Dean Myers.…

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Tone of voice

An important aspect related to the language and style of this short story is the tone of the voice which is used to track the way the narrator changes as a result of the events but also to make the story more appealing.

For most of the story, the narrator’s tone of voice is sarcastic and full of irony. Here are just a few such examples: “Mr. Lynch was so old he had washed dishes at the Last Supper. Whatever you said he would bring up something from a thou…

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Narrator and point of view

The short story “The Baddest Dog in Harlem” by Walter Dean Myers is a first-person narration, told from the limited point of view of one of the characters.

The narrator is a young African-American man living in Harlem who presents the events as they happen, having limited knowledge about the characters and the development of the ac…