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Point of View

Point of View. 1 st person. When a character narrates the story using the pronouns: I, me, my, mine, we What is the advantage? You hear the thoughts of the narrator You see the world through the narrator’s eyes Limitations:

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Point of View

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  1. Point of View

  2. 1st person • When a character narrates the story using the pronouns: • I, me, my, mine, we • What is the advantage? • You hear the thoughts of the narrator • You see the world through the narrator’s eyes • Limitations: • The narrator does not have complete knowledge of everything that is happening—it is only what they actually see or understand. • Usage: • Generally used in journals, memoirs, autobiographies

  3. 1st Person “I am in all truthfulness attempting to be cheerful about this whole topic, though most people find themselves hindered in believing me, no matter my protestations. Please, trust me. I most definitely can be cheerful. I can be amiable. Agreeable. Affable. And that’s only the A’s. Just don’t ask me to be nice. Nice has nothing to do with me” (Zusak, p. 3). --The Book Thief, Markus Zusak

  4. 2nd Person • Rarest point of view used • Pronouns used: • You, your, yours • Usually used to make the reader feel as if they’re a part of the story that is being told • Usage: • Letters, presentations, technical writing, “choose your own adventure” books

  5. 2nd Person “You are not the kind of guy who would be at a place like this at this time of the morning.  But here you are, and you cannot say that the terrain is entirely unfamiliar, although the details are fuzzy.  You are at a nightclub talking to a girl with a shaved head” (McInerney, p. 1). --Bright Lights, Big City, Jay McInerney

  6. 3rd Person Limited • The story is limited to what 1 character knows or what they observe. • Narrator sticks to knowing all about 1 particular character and their perspective. • Pronouns used: • He, him, she, her

  7. 3rd Person Limited “Harry sat up and examined the jagged piece on which he had cut himself, seeing nothing but his own bright green eye reflected back at him. Then he placed the fragment on top of that morning’s Daily Prophet, which leay unread on the bed, and attempted to stem the sudden upsurge of bitter memories, the stabs of regret and of longing the discover of the broken mirror had occasioned, by attacking the rest of the rubbish in the trunk” (Rowling). --Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, JK Rowling

  8. 3rd Person Omniscient • Story told from the author’s point of view • Narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of ALL characters in the story. • Pronouns used: • He, him, she, her • Author can use ANY character to describe the story • Author can reveal events and motivations that are unknown to the characters • Author can also address the reader directly

  9. 3rd Person Omniscient “As Clover looked down the hillside, her eyes filled with tears. If she could have spoken her thoughts, it would have been to say that this was not what they had aimed at when they had set themselves years ago to work for the overthrow of the human race. These scenes of terror and slaughter were not what they had looked forward to on that night when old Major first stirred them to rebellion” (Orwell, Ch. 7). --Animal Farm, George Orwell

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