Peter Flamming - Comments 1 and 2

I agree with Ford when he explains that Burton's narration is humanized and how this adds to the story. The humanization of Henry Burton really adds a sense of being present and witnessing it and this makes the narrator all the better. Sometimes, though, the over usage of personal opinion and feeling can clog up the storyline and make it harder to follow or understand, but Burton does a good job of keeping the storyline uncluttered.

Michael makes a great point that Burton's ethnicity plays an important part in the story. It, as Michael said, sets Mr. Burton apart, for good or for ill, and the author uses this as a way to ground us at a common level with the narrator. As far as the story is concerned, however, we shall see if his being black effects Burton’s narration and gives a greater reason for why the author made him black.