Point of View

Jacob the Liar is told from the point of view of the narrator about 20 years after the events of the story took place. The narrator only met Jacob a handful of times and got most of the details of the story from talking to him on these few occasions and interacting with people who knew Jacob. As a result, there is a degree of unreliability in the narrator’s narrative. This is reinforced by a number of other problems with the narrator’s story. First, at points he actively admits that he does not know what happened. Second, he has limited firsthand knowledge.

Another interesting part about the narrative is that the narrator will interpret what is going through different characters' heads. Although Jacob’s perspective is the one through which most of the story is told, the narrator will stick between other characters' perspectives...