Point of View

1. “The Scholarship Jacket” & “A Retrieved Reformation” Point of View

2. Learning Goals • Explore the idea of obstacles. • Recognize first-person point of view • Recognize third-person omniscient point of view • Make inferences (infer)

3. Narrator • the one who tells a story

4. First-Person Point of View • the narrator • • is a character in the story • • tells the story using the pronouns I, me, we, and us • • tells the story as he or she experiences it • A first-person narrator can describe his or her own thoughts, feelings, and impressions. • As you read “The Scholarship Jacket,” notice how the information you receive is limited to what the narrator sees, hears, thinks, and feels.

5. Third-Person Omniscient Point of View • Third-Person Point of View: A third-person point of view means that the narrator is not a character in the story. • In an omniscient third-person point of view, the narrator can reveal the thoughts and feelings of all the characters.

6. Third-Person Omniscient Point of View • Omniscient • http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/omniscient?s=t • Notice the prefix “omni”

7. Limited Third-Person Point of View • Third-Person Point of View: A third-person point of view means that the narrator is not a character in the story. • In a limited third person point of view, the narrator can tell the thoughts and feelings of only one character.

8. The Outsiders • What point of view was used? • Explain

9. Reading skill: make inferences • Make logical guesses, or inferences, about things that are not directly stated. • Base your inferences on details in the story and on your own knowledge and experiences.

10. Think . . . • If a movie is based on a book that was told in the first person, what might the screenplay writer have to do or consider?

11. Third-Person Omniscient Point of View • An omniscient, or all-knowing, narrator • • tells the story using the pronouns he, she, it, and they • • is aware of what all the characters in the story are thinking and doing • As you read “A Retrieved Reformation,” notice when you have more information than the characters do.

12. Third-Person Omniscient Point of View • The guidance counselor felt relieved as he read the teacher’s note. The student sitting in front of him, nervously wondering what was to happen to her, would get a second chance after all. • How do you know that the point of view is third-person omniscient?

13. Predict • When readers predict, they combine information from the text with their prior knowledge to guess what might happen next. • Predict how the student in the example above will feel when she hears the news.

14. Vocabulary Study • As I read each sentence, listen for the red word and clues to its meaning. Together discuss possible meanings of the word.

15. Vocabulary Study • 1. A loud noise caused the horses to balk. Their refusal to move slowed him down. • 2. Jimmy is required to serve only part of his full sentence. He has already completed the compulsorynumber of months.

16. Vocabulary Study • 3. The officials know that once Jimmy is out of prison, he will be impossible to capture again. He is the most elusivecriminal of the century. • 4. Only the eminentand world-famous detective Ben Price could ever hope to capture “Dandy” Jimmy Valentine.

17. Vocabulary Study • 5. For a master criminal, he certainly behaves genially. He always has a pleasant smile for everyone, even for the police trying to catch him. • 6. Although prison is meant to rehabilitatecriminals and prepare them to return to society as more honest citizens, it often falls short of its goal.

18. Vocabulary Study • 7. He received a light sentence for his crimes. The members of the jury found him too charming to hand down more severe retribution. • 8. He used to saunterdown the street as if he did not have a care in the world. He looked like any other young man out for a stroll.

19. Vocabulary Study • 9. Unperceivedby anyone, Jimmy had already taken out his tools. By the time the family noticed him, he was ready to begin drilling. • 10. For a year he led a virtuouslife. He was a model citizen and obeyed the law.

20. “A Retrieved Reformation” • Predict based on title • Retrieve - http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/retrieved+?s=t • Reformation - http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Reformation?s=t

21. O. Henry • “A Retrived Reformation” • http://youtu.be/Hw320Zj8BBM • Page 226

22. In O. Henry’s “A Retrieved Reformation,” decision-making plays an important role in the story’s development. As in life, these decisions affect events, conflicts, and other characters. Three decisions in the story deserve close examination: •  Jimmy’s decision to go straight and open a shoe store in Elmore. •  Jimmy’s decision to reveal himself in order to free Agatha from the safe. •  Detective Ben Price’s decision to pretend not to know Jimmy’s true identity. • To evaluate these decisions, identify alternatives to each. In your opinion, do the characters make the right decision in each case? • Explain why in a discussion with a group of classmates.