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Guardian
When taking a basic screenwriting course, one learns that everything must be stated three times over for the American audience, preferably in three different ways. This principle applies to both fiction as well as semi-fiction (non-fiction). Narratives are usually done from the first-person viewpoint, and they require a narrator. The narrator could be the protagonist, the antagonist, or the mentor. Usually, using the mentor as the narrator is done for the more high-brow or "sensitive" works. Conflict between the protagonist and the antagonist is a given. Morals and ethics are always a given when the mentor is the narrator.
When the anti-hero, or the antagonist, is the narrator morals and ethics need not be stated - ever. Action can be irrational, useless and the antagonist is placed in as dark or as attractive a light as is possible.
Most morays are applied when the protagonist is the narrator, social skills are mandatory, the action is frequently coincidental to the piece. Trendy dialogue is mandatory to a protagonist-run or narrated saga.
For more, see JK Rowling
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