Introduction [excerpt] The use of the first person in narrative fiction indicates agency -- meaning that the character is free to tell their story in the form that they would like. This is what makes this form of storytelling unique; it presents an intimacy with characters that third-person does not often give. Novels that are geared towards young adults and children do not give female characters this form of narrative agency. Either the male protagonist serves as narrator, or the novel is told from the...