Compare and contrast the narratives of Drusilla Clack and Gabriel Betteredge. Explain what they reveal to the reader and the way that each reveals the information.

Betteredge’s tone as narrator is rather straightforward and very observational. He often makes subjective psychological analyses of those around him, and goes at length to describe situations and physical environments. He realizes that his attention often wavers, and he starts and restarts several times at the beginning of his narration.

Drusilla narrates part of the Second Period: Discovery of the Truth (First Narrative), and her narration style is best described as ridiculous and over the top. She is constantly condemning those she disapproves of, and steps sometimes into her “Sunday School tone,” where she seems to be sermonizing.