Narrator and point of view

The short story “Jumping Monkey Hill” by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is narrated from the point of view of a third-person narrator. 

The narrator is mainly limited to Ujunwa’s perspective, though at times the narrator suggests they know more than Ujunwa does at a present moment in time, such as in the beginning of the story: “Later, she would learn that Edward Campbell chose the resort; he had spent weekends there when he was a lecturer at the University of Cape Town years ago. But she didn’t know this the afternoon picked her up at the airport […]”. Still, the narrator is not omniscient and only shares Ujunwa’s thoughts and feelings. 

When it comes to the other characters, the narrator only shares Ujunwa’s observations about them. For example, during their first conversation, Ujunwa notes that Edward “seemed keen to know more”, but Edward’s th...