Narrator+Point+of+View

We assume that we can trust the narrator, and that they are impartial to the mysteries and unbiased. Although the reader gets relatively shaky insight from other characters’ points of view, the narrator's view is trustworthy and does not need to be second guessed. Finally, someone we can somewhat rely on!
 * Third person (limited); the story jumps between characters. **

However, the narrator doesn't know everything, and will not read the minds of all the other characters at will. This is so that essential information and private thoughts and schemes are not revealed until the climax of the story, so we actually have to think for ourselves for once.

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