By: Max Dykhuizen, Mason Dominowski, Megan Nylund, and Kellie Koning

P OINT OF V IEW : The point of view is the perspective in which the story is told.

1 ST P ERSON P OINT OF V IEW : The main character tells the story for his/her point of view. The character uses pronouns such as “I” and “me”.

D ISADVANTAGES TO 1 ST P ERSON P OINT OF V IEW : You don’t know the feelings of the minor characters in the story. It’s difficult for the main character to describe themselves and paint a picture of themselves in the reader’s mind.

A DVANTAGES OF 1 ST P ERSON P OINT OF V IEW : 1 st person point of view provides a smoother story line. Allows you to get to know the main character very well. 1 st person also makes it easier to share the protagonist’s thoughts, feelings, and emotions.

2 ND P ERSON P OINT OF V IEW : The story is told by the reader’s point of view (most often choose your own adventure stories).

D ISADVANTAGES OF 2 ND P ERSON P OINT OF V IEW : The story line isn’t as deep and you don’t know what other characters are feeling.

A DVANTAGES OF 2 ND P ERSON P OINT OF V IEW : You are the main character in the story and you feel as if you’re in the story and you’re actually involved in the story.

3 RD P ERSON P OINT OF V IEW : 3 rd person is when the story is told by a narrator, using names like or he, she, or them. The Most Dangerous Game is written in 3 rd person point of view.

D ISADVANTAGES OF 3 RD P ERSON P OINT OF V IEW : With 3 rd person point of view, you don’t get to know the main character very well. The story line is sometimes choppy.

A DVANTAGES OF 3 RD P ERSON P OINT OF V IEW : With 3 rd person point of view, you know almost all of the characters’ feelings, thoughts, and emotions.

C ENTRAL -L IMITED O MNISCIENT : Central-limited omniscient is when you know the feelings of the main character and the story is told by the view point of the main character.

D ISADVANTAGES OF C ENTRAL - L IMITED O MNISCIENT : With central-limited omniscient, you don’t know the feelings, thoughts, and emotions of the minor characters.

A DVANTAGES OF C ENTRAL - L IMITED O MNISCIENT : With central-limited omniscient, the story line is smoother and you get to know the main character very well.

P ERIPHERAL -L IMITED OMNISCIENT : Peripheral-limited omniscient allows you to know the feelings of the minor character and the story is told by the view point of a minor character.

D ISADVANTAGES OF P ERIPHERAL - L IMITED O MNISCIENT : Peripheral-limited omniscient leaves you not knowing the thoughts, emotions, and feelings of the main character.

A DVANTAGES OF P ERIPHERAL - LIMITED O MNISCIENT : Peripheral-limited omniscient allows you to know the feelings of the minor characters that surround the main character.

O MNISCIENT : With Omniscient writing, the author is directly telling you how the main character feels and the minor characters’ feelings as well.

D ISADVANTAGES OF O MNISCIENT : With omniscient writing, the story is choppy from skipping from character to character.

A DVANTAGES OF O MNISCIENT : When an author uses omniscient writing, you know how every character feels and you know their thoughts and emotions as well.

“T HE M OST D ANGEROUS G AME ” “The Most Dangerous Game” is written in central limited omniscient. You can hear Rainford’s thoughts and feelings but he doesn’t say “I”. The feelings of other characters you have to infer. The author writes,” Rainsford remembered the shots. They had come from the right, and doggedly he swam in that direction, swimming with slow, deliberate strokes, conserving his strength. For a seemingly endless time he fought the sea. He began to count his strokes; he could do possibly a hundred more and then—”. From this we can assume that Rainsford was scared and desperate to find land.

S OURCES Prentice Hall Literature Gold Level, “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell. Page 19 – 36, R3 – R14. The Elements of Fiction. s/lit-elements/overview/ s/lit-elements/overview/ Literary Term – Point of View. html html

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