1. From whose perspective...?
POINT of VIEW
From whose perspective...?

2. 1st Person POV
I, me, my, we…

3. Story is told from a main character’s POV
First person Narrator
Story is told from a main character’s POV

4. Benefits: First person Narrator
Readers see events from the perspective of an important character
Readers often understand the main character better

5. First person Narrator Detriments:
The narrator may be UNRELIABLE—insane, naïve, deceptive, narrow minded etc...
Readers see only one perspective

6. 1st Person POV
Inside the farmhouse, I heard a radio go quiet, then shuffling sounds. I had a good feeling about this place; it was set well off the road, and the old lady appeared to live alone. She opened the door partway, ‘yes?’”
Bad Blood
-Will Weaver

7. First person Narrator
True--nervous--very, very dreadfully nervous I had been and am; but why will you say that I am mad?  The disease had sharpened my senses--not destroyed--not dulled them.  Above all was the sense of hearing acute.  I heard all things in the heaven and in the earth.  How, then, am I mad?  Hearken!  and observe how healthily--how calmly I can tell you the whole story.
                  --Edgar Allan Poe, “The Tell-Tale Heart” (1850)

8. 2nd Person POV
You, yours, your, yourself

9. 2nd Person POV
A second-person POV is rare
Uses “you” and presents commands
Often the narrator is speaking to him/herself

10. 2nd Person POV
“Wash the white clothes on Monday and put them on the stone heap; wash the color clothes on Tuesday and put them on the clothesline to dry; don't walk barehead in the hot sun; cook pumpkin fritters in very hot sweet oil; when buying cotton to make yourself a nice blouse, be sure that it doesn't have gum on it, because that way it won't hold up well after a wash; soak salt fish overnight before you cook it;”
--Jamaica Kincaid, “Girl”

11. 2nd Person POV
Just then, Mini-Travis launches a Frisbee high over his brother’s head and lands on the soft white sand at your feet. You bend down to pick it up. You could send the Frisbee back to him with a mere flick of the wrist but Mini-Travis waves for the Frisbee.
          --Todd Strausser, Squid Girl

12. 3rd Person POV
Omniscient
Limited Omniscient
Objective

13. 3rd Person POV: Omniscient
Omniscient = narrator can see into the minds of ALL characters
All-knowing narrator

14. 3rd Person POV: Omniscient
Arthur heard his stomach grumbling and looked around quickly to see if anyone else had noticed. He thought, “I am glad nobody heard that.” He looked at the clock and saw that was 10:30. School seemed like an eternity. He sighed and his mind turned to Sandra. As if she sensed Arthur’s thoughts, Sandra looked up and smiled at him. She felt a surge of warmth as she looked at the boy of her dreams.

15. 3rd Person POV: Limited Omniscient
Narrator can see into ONE character’s mind.

16. 3rd Person POV: Limited
Though his father was fat and merely owned a candy and nut shop, Harry Tillian liked his papa. Harry stopped liking candy and nuts when he was around seven, but, in spite of this, had remained friends and were still friends the year that Harry turned twelve. “Papa’s Parrot”

17. 3rd Person POV: Objective
Narrator only describes and does not enter characters’ thoughts.

18. 3rd Person POV: Objective
Like a video camera, the narrator reports what happens and what the characters are saying.

19. 3rd Person POV: Objective
The morning of June 27th was clear and sunny, with the fresh warmth of a full-summer day; the flowers were blossoming profusely and the grass was richly green.  The people of the village began to gather in the square, between the post office and the bank, around ten o’clock; in some towns there were so many people that the lottery took two days and had to be started on June 26th, but in this village, where there were only about three hundred people, the whole lottery took less than two hours.
            --Shirley Jackson, “The Lottery” (1948)

20. POINT of VIEW Remember, Point of View =
Who is telling the story and how much they contribute.
The end.

21. 1) Tommy went into the store thinking about how hungry he was
1) Tommy went into the store thinking about how hungry he was. Jessica, the girl that he had a crush on went with him. Jessica had no idea how Tommy felt about her but she thought that he was cute. At the store, they bought some spicy chips. Tommy ate too much and felt sick. He threw up in front of Jessica. Jessica was so disgusted that she walked home by herself believing Tommy to be a fool. Which POV? ____________________________

22. 5) Tommy went to the store
5) Tommy went to the store. Jessica, the girl that Tommy had a crush on, went with him. They bought lots of spicy chips. Tommy ate too many and got sick. Tommy felt really embarrassed and was upset when Jessica stormed off. Which POV?

23. 6) Be sure that when eating spicy foods, not to eat too much
6) Be sure that when eating spicy foods, not to eat too much. You might get sick if you do. You would be embarrassed if that happened in front of someone you secretly had a crush on.
Which POV? ___________________

24. 7) I went to the store with Jessica. We bought lots of spicy chips
7) I went to the store with Jessica. We bought lots of spicy chips. I ate too many and got sick. Which POV? _____________
8) Tommy and Jessica walk to the store. They enter the store and a bell rings. Tommy bought six bags of spicy chips and ate them all himself. He got sick. Jessica frowned and walked away from Tommy towards her house. Which POV?