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Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/a/33353
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I have no real answer, but a few questions that you can reflect upon yourself to help you deciding:

If the narrators' name is irrelevant, why not giving him a standard one? Like, "John".

If the narrators' lack of name has no importance to the plot, why is it important for you? Why should it be for the reader? Would the reader even notice it? Is the narrator involved into the plot or is he just a witness? Does he break the fourth wall? Does he talk, interacts with other people? How do these people adress to him?

If the story does not revolve around your narrator not having a name, do not circumnavigate too much around it: you risk to make a mystery of it and distract the reader from your real plot.

As I said I have no real answer because I have no idea of what you're writting, but to me it sounds more like an _exercise in style_ that shows more about your erudition than your talent. What I mean is, as a reader, I don't care if your narrator has a name or if you wrote your whole story without the letter "e". If the plot is good, I'll read it anyways.

Original score: 3