POINT OF VIEW

THE ANGLE FROM WHICH A STORY IS TOLD

.This depends upon who is telling the story. The narrator is the person or character who is telling the story.

POINT OF VIEW

Almost all stories can be classified into two main categories according to their point of view: First Person Narrator Third Person Narrator

The narrator in stories should never be confused with the author. We must remember that

the narrator is created by the author.

FIRST PERSON NARRATOR

A first-person point of view means that one of the characters (narrator is part of the story) is telling the story: “I walked slowly, wishing I could turn and run instead of facing Mrs. Grunch.”

Signal words- I, me, my, mine, we, us, ours,

THIRD PERSON NARRATOR

A third-person point of view means that someone outside of the story is telling it:

“She walked slowly, wishing she could turn and run instead of facing Mrs. Grunch.”

Signal words-he, she, her, they, them

(also character's names)

First Person or Third Person Narrator?

“Do you love candy?” I asked my friend Roxis. I always make friends with other people.

First-Person

First Person or Third Person Narrator?

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.

First-Person

On the first day of school, Victor stood in line half and hour before he came to a wobbly card table. He was handed a packet of papers and a computer card on which he listed his one elective, French. He already spoke Spanish and English, but he thought some day he might travel to France, where it was cool; not like Fresno, where summer days reached 110 degrees in the shade.

First Person or Third Person Narrator?

Third-Person

They spoke no more until camp was made. Henry was bending over and adding ice to the bubbling pot of beans when he was startled by the sound of a sharp snarling cry of pain from among the dogs. Henry grunted with a tone that was not sympathy, and for a quarter of an hour they sat on in silence, Henry staring at the fire, and Bill at the circle of eyes that burned in the darkness just beyond the firelight. An icy wind circled between them and the fire.

First Person or Third Person Narrator?

Third-Person

When I went to the store, I witnessed a girl crying on the street and I took a closer look and saw it was my friend. I walked to where she was and asked her what was wrong. She said, “Family problems.” Being a good friend, I told her to call me later if she wanted to talk about it. 

First Person or Third Person Narrator?

First-Person

Jessie had felt sad all day. Jessie thought and thought about his situation and he thought to himself, I need to get myself together. Next thing you know, Maria came in the door and asked what was wrong. He told her. Maria frowned. She felt as if she were being abandoned by everyone.

First Person or Third Person Narrator?

Third-Person