Seminar paper from the year 2019 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, http://www.uni-jena.de/, language: English, abstract: Is a person sincere? This question can be asked several times in every part of the life. It is always hard to find out, if a person tells the truth and has honorable intentions. This question can be asked for literature as well. The reader has to enter the world of the author or narrator and it is unsure what happens. The author could be sincere and can be trusted. It might be also possible that author is a liar. This leads to the consequence that it is unsure what happens with the reader. The reader could become a perpetrator. It is also possible that the reader could be a victim or perceives the story silent. Lots of different scenarios are possible. It is a matter of perception of the reader as well. Every person has a different background and varying expectations, too. This leads to the consequence that the way of perception is subjective and could lead to different solutions. Finally, this can influence the impact whether the author is sincere or not.