Narrator and point of view

The short story “Do Not Pass Go” by Jeffrey Archer is a third-person narration. The narrator who is outside the plot has extensive knowledge on some of the characters. For example, he knows why Hamid’s daughter cries (who is probably a toddler): “…but his daughter burst into tears, and not because their car had come to a sudden halt. It was just that she was horrified to see her mother hugging a strange man.” (p. 31, ll. 37-39)

The storyteller also knows everything about Hamid and uses the protagonist’s point of view throughout most of the story: “He unsteadily followed the captain into the cockpit, his legs feeling like jelly. The door was closed behind them.” (p. 27, ll. 7-9)

However, towards the end of the story, the narrator switches the ...