Suskind creates a narrator with kaleidoscopic vision. The narrator goes from being a chatterbox to becoming a friend of the reader, a historian, a journalist, and finally an accomplice to the murders. With many different characters, why does the reader still trust him? There are many facets to the storyteller of Perfume, and the reader may realize too late that there seems to be a fine line between the murderer's friends and accomplices. In general, readers trust narrators. Narrators tell the reader what they know via their limited point of view. Therefore, the reader finds confidence in what the narrator says because he or she does not know information that the narrator does not know. There is no competing point of view; instead, there is the shared intimacy of an experience. However, in some aspects of Perfume, the reader discovers that he knows something that the narrator seems not to. This creates a thrill of doubt that Suskind intensifies as the novel progresses. By having a kaleidoscopic narrator, the reader is constantly left with questions about who the narrator is now and if we can trust him. Suskind's technique increases the reader's skepticism, independent thinking, and critical thinking. The first personality the narrator displays after becoming a storyteller is that of a friend. He does so by using an inclusive pronoun: “Or rather, it seems to us, he had completely gotten rid of it in order to continue living – from the start” (21). This is the first time the reader is involved in the story. Until now, Suskind used the third person narrative and here he switches to the first person. By doing this, the reader feels like they have made a pact with the narrator and are now part of the story. This makes the middle of paper......rator essentially Frog. Suskind's use of the pronoun "I" in the final chapters of the novel shows this, and by reflecting on the novel as a whole, the reader can see that there were many similarities between Grenouille and the narrator. The narrator in The Perfume of Suskind has many different characters, similar to a kaleidoscopic vision. The narrator transforms from friend, talker, friend of the reader, historian, journalist, accomplice and finally the reader learns that the narrator is fundamentally Grenouille. These changes are made gradually throughout the novel, leading the reader to be too distracted by the storyline to realize that Perfume's narrator is not really trustworthy. Works Cited Suskind, Patrick. Perfume, The story of a murderer. Trans. John E. Woods. New York: VintageBooks, 2001, print.