This question is based on General Literary Principles. I have received your letter. By way of a reply, I am beginning this diary, my prop is my distress. Ou...

This question is based on General Literary Principles.

I have received your letter. By way of a reply, I am beginning this diary, my prop is my distress. Our long association has taught me that confiding in others allays pain.

Mariama Ba, 'So Long a Letter'

By employing the first person narrator, the author of the passage above achieves