Unreliable Narration in "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro and "Love and Death in Long Island" by Gilbert Adair

4/15/03
Different Strokes for Different Folks
People make friends and acquaintances with similar backgrounds and similar viewpoints. When a story is told, the audience takes it for granted that the storyteller values the same things as they do. If the person has different beliefs and values, does that make the story less valid? The narrators in The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro and Love and Death in Long Island by Gilbert Adair are both preoccupied with different obsessions, and for this reason, they are unreliable narrators.
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