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Beş Sevim Apartment as an Example of Unreliable Narrator
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The term 'unreliable narrator' was first used by W. Booth in his work 'The Rhetoric of Fiction,' where he explains this concept. The term is used to describe situations where the narrator misrepresents, omits, interprets, or evaluates events in a flawed way. An example of an unreliable narrator can be seen in Mine Söğüt's work 'Beş Sevim Apartmanı' (Five Sevim Apartments). The work begins with an omniscient narrator describing the Five Sevim Apartments and introducing Samimi, who will later become an expert in psychoanalysis. Samimi, who lost his father at a young age and was left with his aunt by his mother, was mocked by his friends due to his appearance and name, leading him to retreat into his inner world and befriend genies. This friendship continues until Samimi wants to get married. Threatened with death by the genies, Samimi decides not to marry and declares war on all genies. To exterminate them, he places five ownerless patients, each connected to the genies, in the Five Sevim Apartments, one on each floor. He himself moves into the basement of the building. In