The way in which the narroration of Pechorin helps us understand A Hero of Our Time is that within his manuscript Pechorin adds his own feelings and opnnions to the story and the reader learns more about the story than when Pechorin's story was narrorated by Maxim Maximych. The best example of this is when Pechorin in Taman meets an aquatence from the military and then after a cordial meeting tells the reader that he and the aquatence have a mutual hatred for each other. The story is also told from the point of view of Pechorin and so the story is fuller than Bela as it is in Pechorin's own words.