Saint Mark as Narrator

Every author who writes a story has something to say or a message to bring. And every story has a narrator, the teller of the story who is embedded in the story itself. This narrator has their own effect upon the story.

There are different kinds of narrators:

[1] the first person "I" narrator, who can only tell what they see, hear or understand themselves

example: Huckleberry Finn

[2] the third person narrator, who is present in the story but external to it, somewhat like the camera frame in a movie which is always present but largely unnoticed by the viewer.

There is the objectively omniscient narrator, who only tells what can be seen and heard. A narrator with limited omniscience can tell the thought and feelings of the protagonist. The narrator with unlimited omniscience is able to tell anything about the story world. including what is in the mind of any character at any time in any place. They are an implied invisible presence in every scene. They can speak, as it were, from outside the story and at the same time, lead the reader deep into the heart of the story.

Most ancient stories, including the Gospel of Mark, are told by an narrator with unlimited omniscience. The question arises: how does the narrator in Mark shape and affect the response of the reader?