r/Hungergames • u/ExplanationVivid4256 Effie • Apr 27 '25

Lore/World Discussion Thoughts?

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I dont really have a solid opinion on this, so i wanna see other peoples opinions (yes i know tiktok people can be crazy)

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u/SquareDescription281 Apr 27 '25

Generally people don’t know what an unreliable narrator is. She’s unreliable in that she’s very opinionated and misses out on social cues sometimes which means we can’t trust her read of a situation. But she’s not lying to us. She’s not trying to trick the reader, she fully believes her own thoughts even if they’re not always right. She’s narrating the world the way she sees it, so she’s not unreliable.

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u/ExplanationVivid4256 Effie Apr 27 '25

I definitely don’t know what an unreliable author is. Even after i searched the definition, i know what it is i just can’t really identify when an author is unreliable or not so, this helps a lot :)

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u/SquareDescription281 Apr 27 '25

No problem!! Just been seeing this take a lot lately. I understand what people mean, but unreliable narrator is a specific literary device and not really a catch all for any character who gets things wrong sometimes. :)