Narrator and point of view

The events presented in the short story “Zolo” by S. Bhattacharya-Woodward are told by a third-person narrator, who is limited to Zolo’s perspective of the events.

Zolo’s perspective helps readers understand his thoughts and opinions of his environment:

There'd be no rush of sirens, nor the excited din of the estate gathering, his mum would never know that her ten-year-old boy had walked the edge of the tower block roof - and not at knifepoint but of his own free will. Worse, what if they thought he'd jumped. He topped his-self, that's what they'd say. No way, thought Zolo. They can all go fuck themselves. (p. 1, ll. 4-7)

In this example, Zolo tries to push himself by imagining what people would say if he fell over the roof. The thought of being considered a cowar...