I like it. I usually cringe a little when people t…

I like it. I usually cringe a little when people try to say that second-person narration allows the reader to be “more immersed” into the story (as if first or third person can't do this, and as if second-person does it by its nature). I think some of the most moving uses of second-person narration is when the “you” that the speaker refers to isn't supposed to refer to the reader–instead, the author is letting the reader see the author's perspective as he or she addresses a character, which comes off as extremely intimate.

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