Point of view is a reflection of the

opinion an individual from

real life or Fiction can have. It is the way the author

allows you to ‘see’ and ‘hear’ what is

going on.

First Person : Story is told from the point of view of a character.

• The following words are used:

I, Me,My,Us,We,Our.

Second person:

• Usually for instructions

• Uses “You”; from “your” perspective.

• Example:

• First, gather your materials. Add 1 cup sugar to flour

Third Person: A narrator is telling the story.

The following words are used:

HeSheTheyThemHer His

Example: Billy hurt his knee

when he fell off of his bike.

What point of view is used?

“Father was in the army all through the war – the first war, I mean – so, up to the age of five, I never saw much of him, and what I saw did not worry me.”

First Person Second Person Third Person

Oedipal complex:

The Oedipal complex is a term used by Sigmund Freud in his theory of psychosexual stages of development to describe a boy's feelings of desire for his mother and jealously and anger towards his father. He views his father as a rival for her attentions and affections. The Oedipal complex occurs between the ages of three and five.

“My Oedipal complex”

In the beginning, the young boy, LARRY displays signs of excitement and contentment when his father arrives unexpectedly on his visits from the war.

The day his father came home from the war everything changed for Larry.

This is the first time in his life without having the full attention of his mother and for the first time in his life he feels neglected.

Larry develops a hatred for his father.

“But, Mummy, couldn’t God make another war, if He

liked?”

“He wouldn’t like to, dear. It’s not God who makes wars, but bad people.”

“Oh!” I said. I was disappointed about that. I began to think that God wasn’t

quite what He was cracked up to be.