Oroonoko In Oroonoko by Aphra Behn the narrator is also a participant in the action of the story. Behn uses the first person to tell the story however; she and the narrator exist as two separate entities. The narrator of Oroonoko is not important so much as a catalyst to the action of the story but for her relationship to Oroonoko, her ability to tell his story and her representation of colonial slave trade. The …showed first 75 words of 890 total…

…showed last 75 words of 890 total…vises such as comparison and pity to make reader understand and value Oroonoko’s story. The narrator’s main role in the story of Oroonoko’s life is not as a participant but as a friend and storyteller. She states that "by reputation of her pen" she has the authority to tell Oroonoko’s story (Norton 2215). With that authority the narrator expresses a tale of a man she viewed a hero.