Yes, that is true; Homer liked the character a lot, so I have read.

However, that aside, was the story written entirely in second-person? No. For anyone who is wondering why I am not so fond of second-person, please name one piece of classic literature written entirely in second-person.

Fawriel: I would venture to say that it is some sort of literary melodrama. I was supposed to write a short descriptive paper for an English class a long time ago, but since papers are generally not supposed to be epic-length (I had a limit of six pages myself), I decided to present one particular scene. It was written in the third-person, from the POV of the community. Since it was the POV of the community, there were certain things about the character that were ambivalent. I liked that. However, with more than one character involved (and needless to say, there was absolutely no dialogue whatsoever in the short paper, which made everything even simpler), it gets complicated keeping track of who knows what, and obviously Person A doesn't know everything that Person B is thinking and should not be portrayed as knowing everything that B is thinking. So I'm still thinking about it. Character development is my specialty, and I don't go for big epic battle scenes myself, so I'm still debating which method is better suited for such a book.

If you want to know more, PM me; I generally do not divulge my ideas except on my LiveJournal, which is obviously private/restricted.