Narrator and point of view

The short story “The Castle” by Chloë Heuch is told from the point of view of a first-person narrator, who is also the main character. Therefore, we know only as much as the narrator does about the other characters’ thoughts and feelings. For example, the narrator is trying to understand the reason behind the sudden conflict between her son Osian and herself:

I wondered if this new Osian would have appeared anyway to replace my lovely, sweet boy. If he was just the teenage version and t...