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Being the author!

Our answer to part 7:

This neutral viewpoint is still a viewpoint, which we might call 'external'. We have chosen to adopt an external viewpoint rather than one attached to one of the characters. It is not possible to describe anything without adopting some viewpoint or other.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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