Narrator

The story in "Normal People" is told through two narrators, Marianne and Connell. They tell their stories in a third person point of view where we get limited information about what they think and do. Sometimes we follow Connell, and sometimes we follow Marianne. When Connell is the narrator he often seems uncertain about what Marianne thinks of him and their relationship. In that way the narrator is both reliable and unreliable. It is reliable because Connell is person we find we can trust, and at the same time unreliable, because he might not tell the whole truth about their relationship. 

Events

One important event in the novel is when Connell invites Rachael instead of Marianne to the school Prom. Marianne is his girlfriend, but sincethe relationship is a secret he decides to invite Rachael instead. While at the party he realizes his mistake, but he does not do anything to solve his problem.