Point of view
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The document discusses different narrative perspectives in literature, including first person, third person limited, and third person omniscient. It provides examples from various works, illustrating how these perspectives affect the reader's understanding of characters' thoughts and feelings. The examples highlight the distinct styles and emotional engagement of each narrative approach.
Point of view
- 2. First Person The narrator is part of the story -I, me, we, our
- 3. Third Person The narrator is not part of the story -she, he, they, them
- 4. Third Person Omniscient “Omniscient” means “all-knowing.” The reader is aware of the thoughts and feelings of ALL characters
- 5. Third Person Limited The narrator has limitations The reader is aware of the thoughts and feelings of ONE character
- 7. Example 1 Leslie sat in front of Paul. She had two long, brown pigtails that reached all the way down to her waist. Paul saw those pigtails, and a terrible urge came over him. He wanted to pull a pigtail. He wanted to wrap his fist around it, feel the hair between his fingers, and just yank. He thought it would be fun to tie the pigtails together, or better yet, tie them to her chair. But most of all, he just wanted to pull one. Sideways Stories from Wayside School by Louis Sachar
- 8. Example 2 Sixty seconds. That's how long we're required to stand on our metal circles before the sound of a gong releases us. Step off before the minute is up, and land mines blow your legs off. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
- 9. Example 3 The voice was growing fainter. Harry was sure it was moving away - moving upward. A mixture of fear and excitement gripped him as he stared at the dark ceiling; how could it be moving upward? Was it a phantom, to whom stone ceilings didn't matter? "This way," he shouted, and he began to run, up the stairs, into the entrance hall. It was no good hoping to hear anything here, the babble of talk from the Halloween feast was echoing out of the Great Hall. Harry sprinted up the marble staircase to the first floor, Ron and Hermione clattering behind him. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by JK Rowling
- 10. Example 4 Dave sat up on his surfboard and looked towards the shore. Two people, John and Brian, were paddling up to the line up. “Nice day,” Dave said. Dave looked out to the shoulder, a look of worry on his face. John was afraid of the shallow reef in the impact zone, and tended to avoid the peak in these situations. However, at this particular spot, even though the waves were smaller out in the shoulder, the reef out there was much shallower, and Dave worried about John wiping out after a take off. However, Dave didn’t need to worry, as John had decided to brave the peak.
- 11. Example 5 And we scrounged. Next to survival, scrounge was probably the most important word in our new vocabulary. We found a store that was throwing out water-damaged mattresses. Getting them home was a problem, since we had to make two trips, leaving Brad and Katie, armed with sticks to guard over the remained. I truly expected them to be challenged by some gang boss, but they said that the only person who came by was a scrawny little rat of a girl living alone. We let her have one of the mattresses. Invitation to the Game by Monica Hughes
- 12. Example 6 I could not unlove him now, merely because I found that he had ceased to notice me. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
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