The+Perspectives+-+1st,+2nd,+3rd

Point of View

The Perspectives - 1st and 3rd

**Point of View** means that the story is told through the eyes and mouth of a certain person; the story can change considerably, depending on who is telling it.



**First Person Narrator: ** Story is told from the inside; narrator is a participant in the action Narrator is often the protagonist or minor character; we see only what he/she sees, in the way that he/she sees it. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ **Advantage:** first person narrator has intimacy and a sense of life.

would be expected to know can be included; also, the reader is locked within the mind of the narrator.
 * Disadvantage:** the author may be frustrated because only things that the narrator

**Third person narrator: ** Usually has a nameless narrator who can be identified with the author.

**Omniscient narrator**: godlike narrator; he/she can enter character's minds and know everything that is going on, past, present, and future. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ **Advantage:** very natural technique; author is, after all, omniscient regarding his work. -- **Disadvantage:** not lifelike; narrator knows and tells all; is truly a convention of literature.

Combination of narrative techniques <span style="display: block; font-family: "Comic Sans MS",cursive; font-size: 35px; text-align: center;">is possible in a novel.

<span style="color: #008080; display: block; font-family: "comic sans ms",cursive; font-size: 35px; text-align: left;">The tense of the narration is important; action narrated in the present can be more dramatic than past tense narration.

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