In fiction, a narrator is a voice or character who tells the story. The narrator generally can be divided into several types.
- First person: "I walked into the room and I saw a man sitting in a chair." (The narrator is a character in the story)
- Third person, limited: "She walked into the room, nervous, and saw the man sitting in a chair." (The narrator tells the story from the point of view of one character; the interior mental state of only one character, the woman, may be described.)
- Third person, omniscient: "She walked into the room, nervous, and saw the irate man sitting in a chair." (The narrator tells the story from as many points of view as necessary; internal mental states of both the man and the woman can be described.)