A first-person narrative is written from the point of view of one of the short story’s characters, and while this character is usually the story’s protagonist, a supporting character can also provide narration. A first person narrative gives readers the most penetrating look into the character’s thoughts, feelings and motivations, giving the events that character undergoes greater dramatic weight. The trade-off is that the reader does not have any more insight into the story’s other characters or events than what the narrator knows. First person narration does not lend itself as easily to descriptive prose as readily as a third person narrative, either. A character’s descriptions of people, settings or emotions can easily sound forced and awkward if the writer tries to sound self-consciously literary, because a typical person’s internal monologue is not inherently dramatic or profound.