: Re: Would it be possible to write a novel without using the word "The"? In the novel I am writing, the story is told present tense and first person. The themes of the story present some unique

No.
It is entirely impossible to write a novel without using the word 'the'.
I cannot even write that previous sentence without using that word, so I can say unequivocally that it is completely 100% impossible.
I'm attempting to balance the answers here since so many (incorrectly) believe it is possible.
Little-known fact:
Ernest Hemingway attempted to do this very thing when he wrote, The Old Man & The Sea -- amazon link (originally titled : Old Man & Sea) and he failed.
He used the word 'the' only 17 times in the entire book. Read it and see.
Astonishing!
Very Difficult, But I Just Completed It
Discombobulated
Also, I recently finished an entire novel without using the word discombobulated and I'm quite proud. 98.3% of all novels include the word discombobulated, just as this very post does. It was difficult to write this post without using the word so I went ahead and did so.

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