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Point of View

Point of View. The Short Story. What is “Point of View”?. An automobile accident occurs. Two drivers are involved. Witnesses include four sidewalk spectators, a policeman, a man with a video camera who happened to be shooting the scene, and the pilot of a helicopter that was flying overhead.

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Point of View

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  1. Point of View The Short Story

  2. What is “Point of View”? • An automobile accident occurs. Two drivers are involved. Witnesses include four sidewalk spectators, a policeman, a man with a video camera who happened to be shooting the scene, and the pilot of a helicopter that was flying overhead. • Here we have nine different points of view and, most likely, nine different descriptions of the accident.

  3. What is “Point of View”? • In short fiction, who tells the story and how it is told are critical issues for an author to decide. • The tone and feel of the story, and even its meaning, can change radically depending on who is telling the story.

  4. What is “Point of View”? • Remember, someone is always between the reader and the action of the story. That someone is telling the story from his or her own point of view. This angle of vision, the point of view from which the people, events, and details of a story are viewed, is important to consider when reading a story. • Why do you think this is so?

  5. What is “Point of View”? • The point of view in a work of literature is determined by the narrator, that is, the person telling the story. This narrator may be the author or a character in the story, book, play, or poem.

  6. Main Types • 1st Person • Third Person • Limited • Omniscient • There are other types, however, they are not as popular and we will not be looking at them...yet 

  7. 1st Person • If the narrator is a character in the story, this is first person point of view. One way to recognize this is the use of the pronoun “I” by the narrator. This is similar to hearing a person tell you about what happened to them personally, or what they saw happen first hand.

  8. 3rd Person • If the author is telling the story, this is known as third person point of view. This is characterized by the use of she, he, they, etc. • There are two types of third person points of view. • Limited • Omniscient

  9. Third Person Limited • If the author relates the events of the story from the perspective of only one character, this is known as third person limited point of view. The reader can see into the mind of only one person.

  10. Third Person Omniscient • If the author relates the events of the story from the perspective of several characters, this is known as third person omniscient point of view. The reader is privy to the thoughts of several, or even all, of the characters.

  11. Identifying Point of View • Try to identify which of the three points of view are being used in each of the following examples. • Work individually and write your answers down on a piece of paper.

  12. Example #1 • Mr. Johnson looked at Charles sternly. He simply didn’t know what to do with this boy. Charles had been in Mr. Johnson’s office twice earlier this week. Now here he was again, and this time he was charged with something much more serious. Mr. Johnson shook his head. There really was no doubt in his mind. Charles was guilty. He looked at the police officer standing next to Charles. No question whatsoever--Charles had done it.

  13. example #2 • I can’t believe what is happening to me. I know that I’ll never convince Mr. Johnson and the cop that I had nothing to do with this. Man! I didn’t do it. Why won’t anyone believe me? I’ve been in trouble before, but I’ve never done anything like this! I’ve got to convince them, or I might as well kiss my life good-bye.

  14. Example #3 • Officer Wiley looked at Charles and scratched his head. All the evidence pointed to Charles’s guilt, but the officer just couldn’t be sure. Mr. Johnson, on the other hand, knew that Charles was guilty as sin. His numerous brushes with authority in the past left no question in his mind at all. Charles hung his head, knowing that this time he would not be able to talk his way out of trouble.

  15. Example #4 • When I saw them taking Charlie into the office, I lingered outside the door, hoping to find out what he had done this time. Charlie was my best friend, but I was getting a little tired of defending him when I knew he was wrong. He must have done something really big this time to have the cops involved.

  16. Sources • http://www.learner.org/interactives/literature/read/pov1.html • http://www.hazelwood.k12.mo.us/~cdavis01/map2000/hsca/leder06.ppt

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