Narrator and point of view

The events in the short story “Trash” by Souvankham Thammavongsa are told by a first-person narrator, who is also the story’s main character. Therefore, the story is told mainly from the narrator’s point of view, which helps readers empathize with her and understand what she is going through. After the conflict between the narrator and Miss Emily breaks out, the narrator, in many ways, comes across as the victim in the story. Consequently, readers tend to see Miss Emily as the villain and empathize with the narrator f...