Narrator and point of view

The short story “The Selfish Giant” by Oscar Wild is told by a third-person narrator. The narrator mainly provides the Giant’s perspective, like in the following example: “It was really only a little linnet singing outside his window, but it was so long since he had heard a bird sing in his garden that it seemed to him to be the most beautiful music in the world.” (p. 2, ll. 31-33). The narrator also knows what the Giant feels and thinks. For instance: “And the Giant's heart melted as he looked out (…)He was really very sorry for what he had done” (p. 3, ll. 7-8). Here, the narrator describes how Giant recognizes his mistake, drawing attention to the readers that it is an important moment for the main character. 

At times, the narrator comments on...