Patrick Suskind's Perfume follows the journey of Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, an extraordinary man with an extraordinary sense of smell. Over the course of the novel, Suskind changes narrative style and character. This is seen throughout the novel; however, especially in the first part. The novel is told from the third person omniscient point of view and although Grenouille is the protagonist, around whom Suskind revolves the majority of the novel; the reader always gets a glimpse into the minds and thoughts of the other characters in the novel. Suskind changes narrative styles and characters to create a relationship between the narrator and the reader and to create distance between the reader and Grenouille. One of the narrative styles that Suskind chooses to use is a very conversational and friendly narrative, which creates a rapport between the narrator and the reader. Suskind does this to make the reader feel like they are not just being told a story, but that they are actually part of the story. And he does this by shifting the narration to the first person; for example, this is seen on page 29 when the narrator says: "Since we must leave Madame Gaillard behind at this point in our story and we will not see her again, we will take a few sentences to describe the end of her days. .” In this quote Suskind chooses to use words like "we", "us" and "our" and in doing so Suskind creates the narrative in the first person and makes the reader feel like the story he is just followed so far is now complete. become their story. Suskind also does this to make the reader feel guilty and responsible for whatever Grenouille decides to do later in the story and he does this by including the reader in the narrative, which also makes him...... middle of paper .... .... the storyline has moved away from Grenouille, the reader still learns the murders he commits. Even though the narrator does not directly say that Grenouille committed the murders, the reader can conclude that this is the case. And Suskind, over the course of these five chapters, does this to create suspense and give the reader the impression that Laure is Grenouille's next target. Suskind changes narrative styles and characters throughout the novel and he does this to create a relationship between the narrator and the reader and create distance between the reader and Grenouille. The relationship Suskind creates with the reader makes the reader feel part of the story and feel guilty for everything Grenouille does and his decisions. While the distance Suskind creates between the reader and Grenouille creates a lot of suspense and keeps the reader guessing what will happen next..