Narrator and point of view
The story “Growing Up” by Anthony Hill has an internal narrator who recounts events that happened to him. Consequently, the first-person narration is subjective and limited to the point of view of the character-narrator.
In the story, the narrator assumes the identity of an Aboriginal man who at the time of the account is already an adult and a father. However, he presents events that happened in his childhood: “My best mate was a white kid when I was growing up. We were about your age—eleven or twelve, something like that—and we were in the sixth grade together at the Balgalal State School.” (p. 1, ll. 1-3)
The narrator presents the events from his perspective as a child, but certain reflections and direct addresses to his child/children (w...