Question

What is the effect of the first-person narration in "There's a Man in the Habit of Hitting me on the Head with an Umbrella"?

`It leads the reader to belive that the narrator is unreliable, and thus, his story cannot be believed.
`It lends a sense of believability to the absurd events, allowing the reader to suspend their disbelief.
`It gives the story a unique perspective, since the narrator is not directly involved in the events of the plot.
`It makes the story much less personal, allowing the reader to view it from an objective distance.

Answer 1

`It lends a sense of believability to the absurd events, allowing the reader to suspend their disbelief. I would say this is the effect of the narration, to make the hitting on the head seem believable especially using the analogy of the fly and also his remorse at hitting the man.