Table 2. Three level positioning analysis adapted from Bamberg (2004).

Level	Self-positioning of narrator	Analytical insights
Level 1	as a character in relation to other characters in the narrative	how this relates to actions, motivation for actions and character tropes
Level 2	in relation to the audience they are telling their story to	reflects culturally embedded identity narratives
Level 3	in relation to past events and pre-existing master-narratives	how the narrative fits with wider societal and cultural discourses how, and in what ways, individuals construct ‘who they are’