<P> In addition to reinforcing the sense of the narrator as reliable (and thus of the story as true), the main advantage of this mode is that it is eminently suited to telling huge, sweeping, epic stories, and / or complicated stories involving numerous characters . The disadvantage of this mode is the increased distance between the audience and the story, and the fact that--when used in conjunction with a sweeping, epic "cast - of - thousands" story--characterization tends to be limited, thus reducing the reader's ability to identify with or sympathize with the characters . A classic example of both the advantages and disadvantages of this mode is J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings . </P> <P> Some writers and literary critics make the distinction between the third - person omniscient and the universal omniscient, the difference being that the universal omniscient narrator reveals information that the characters do not have . Usually, the universal omniscient perspective reinforces the impression that the narrator is not connected to the events of the story . </P> <P> The third person indirect style or free indirect style is a method of presenting a character's voice freely and spontaneously in the middle of an otherwise third - person non-personal narrator . </P> <P> Many stories, especially in literature, alternate between the third person limited and third person omniscient . In this case, an author will move back and forth between a more omniscient third - person narrator to a more personal third - person limited narrator . Typically, like the A Song of Ice and Fire series and the books by George R.R. Martin, a switch of third - person limited viewpoint on some character is done only at chapter boundaries . The Home and the World, written in 1916 by Rabindranath Tagore, is another example of a book switching among just three characters at chapter boundaries . In The Heroes of Olympus series the point of view changes between characters at intervals. The Harry Potter series is told in "third person limited" (in which the reader is "limited" to the thoughts of some particular character) for much of the seven novels . However, it deviates to omniscient on occasions, particularly during the opening chapters of later novels in the series, which switch from the limited view of the eponymous Harry to other characters (e.g. Snape). </P>

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