1. Attention Test

2. How much can you trust what your narrator has to say?
UNRELIABLE NARRATORS
How much can you trust what your narrator has to say?

3. Narrator
a person who narrates something, especially a character who recounts the events of a novel or narrative poem

4. Unreliable narrator
A narrator who has called his or her reliability or believability into question

5. How do we know if a narrator is unreliable?

6. How do we know if a narrator is unreliable
How do we know if a narrator is unreliable? Well, how do you know if anyone is unreliable?

7. Can we believe everything Kelly says?
Kelly is telling you about how much of a jerk Brad was to her at lunch.
You know that Brad rejected Kelly when she asked him to the Sadie Hawkins dance last year.
Ever since then, Kelly has disliked Brad.
Can we believe everything Kelly says?

8. Can we believe everything the ad says?
You see a political commercial saying that Rick Scott cut billions from the education budget.
You know the ad was paid for by the Democratic Party, who do not want Rick Scott to win the election.
The ad does not cite any specific bill that Rick Scott passed which would cut billions from education.
Can we believe everything the ad says?

9. Can we believe everything Mike says?
Your friend Mike is telling you about how he totally beat Kevin in a game of Call of Duty.
You know that Mike likes to think of himself as someone who is very good at video games.
You know that Kevin is actually very, very good at CoD.
Mike doesn’t have any evidence of his win, such as a video or picture.
Can we believe everything Mike says?

10. Can we believe everything Mike says?
Your friend Mike is telling you about how he totally beat Kevin in a game of Call of Duty.
You know that Mike likes to think of himself as someone who is very good at video games.
You know that Kevin is actually very, very good at CoD.
Mike doesn’t have any evidence of his win, such as a video or picture.
Can we believe everything Mike says?

11. Can we believe everything Tameka says?
Your older sister Tameka is telling you about a crazy party from over the weekend.
Tameka admits she was drunk.
You know Tameka is a lightweight when it comes to alcohol.
Can we believe everything Tameka says?

12. The monster tells Victor of the time he spent with the DeLancy family

13. The monster tells Victor of the time he spent with the DeLancy family
At the verge of death, Victor tells ship captain Robert Walton of the event
The monster tells Victor of the time he spent with the DeLancy family

14. The monster tells Victor of the time he spent with the DeLancy family
Robert Walton writes a letter to his sister weeks later, telling her what Victor told him
At the verge of death, Victor tells ship captain Robert Walton of the event
The monster tells Victor of the time he spent with the DeLancy family

15. The monster tells Victor of the time he spent with the DeLancy family
Mary tells us what her brother said that Victor said that the monster said about what happened
Robert Walton writes a letter to his sister weeks later, telling her what Victor told him
At the verge of death, Victor tells ship captain Robert Walton of the event
The monster tells Victor of the time he spent with the DeLancy family

16. The monster tells Victor of the time he spent with the DeLancy family
Mary tells us what her brother said that Victor said that the monster said about what happened
Robert Walton writes a letter to his sister weeks later, telling her what Victor told him
At the verge of death, Victor tells ship captain Robert Walton of the event
The monster tells Victor of the time he spent with the DeLancy family

17. You wake up to find yourself in this castle. What do you do first
You wake up to find yourself in this castle. What do you do first? Try to escape? Hide? Try to find who brought you here? Try to find a phone? A weapon? What do you do first?