Characterization of the narrator

Outer characterization

The narrator is one of the main characters of the short story “Green Velvet” by Krzysztof Pelc. Although the narrator’s gender is not directly mentioned, the wording “all the other boys” (ll. 89-90) suggests that the narrator is also a boy.  

The narrator has a younger brother, Reza, who was born in Canada. The narrator is Iranian and has emigrated from Iran to Canada with his parents when he was only a baby (p. 1, ll. 18-20). The narrator also goes to Iranian school on Sunday mornings (p. 3, l. 89) and learns Farsi. 

Inner characterization

When his father finds the abandoned green velvet sofa and decides to take it in, the narrator is excited and imagines the new ways in which the sofa is going to shape his life:

The music we would listen to as we sat on it would be different from the mu...