"Authors have more scope to develop and explore their characters when they use interior monologue than by using a narrator who reminisces. Do you agree? Comment, making detailed references to "The Great Gatsby" and "The Stone Angel" In answer to the above question, I do agree with the statement declared. Writers do have a wider range of options to develop and explore their characters when they use interior monologue. This is because the characters' thoughts …showed first 75 words of 1146 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1146 total…to comprehend, and it also makes it a lot more interesting. 'The Stone Angel' and 'The Great Gatsby' are both novels in which the main character(s) are explored and we discover about their lives. Interior monologue allows us to go into more detail of the character therefore it is far better (as I see it) for the reader as we can actually get into the life of the people/person we are reading about.