Literary Point of view NARRATOR And Perspective POINT

Literary Point of view= NARRATOR And…. Perspective

POINT OF VIEW (LITERARY) • THE FILTER THROUGH WHICH A NARRATOR TELLS A STORY: • 1 ST PERSON POINT OF VIEW • 3 RD PERSON OBJECTIVE POV RD • 3 PERSON LIMITED OMNISCIENT POV • 3 RD PERSON OMNISCIENT POV

First Person Narrator (POV) The statue itself, if seen as a character, is part of the story and telling what he or she sees, hears, and thinks or feels. This narrator will not tell you how everyone else if feeling or what is happening in other people’s parts of the story. Here, we are looking out from the statue's point of view.

3 rd person (POV) Here the narrator does not participate in the action of the story as one of the characters, but lets us know exactly how the characters feel. We learn about the characters through this outside voice.

rd 3 person objective (POV) When the writer tells what happens without stating more than can be inferred from the story's action and dialogue. The narrator never discloses anything about what the characters think or feel, remaining a detached observer. In the photo, nothing can be inferred; it is even difficult to recognize the subject of the photo. The photographer/author has chosen, in this case, to create in the viewer/reader a sense of mystery or a desire to know more. This narrator is like a fly on the wall who sees and hears everything but that it all.

3 rd person limited omniscient (POV) The narrator is not involved in or a part of the story. The narrator "knows" and tells what's "inside" one character and one character only (thoughts, dreams, emotions, etc. )

3 rd person omniscient (POV) Here the narrator sees everything and has all the answers we will receive in the story. Through this narrator, we learn everything that all characters are doing, thinking, and feeling. This narrator knows EVERYTHING!!

Now…about perspective…. . Through which we all see the world our own way! Perspective is related to POV. When we talk about it in literature and stories (movies, plays, books, etc. ), point of view is the perspective the narrator takes! A perspective is a literary tool, which serves as a lens through which readers observe characters, events, and happenings.

From your perspective, what is this a picture?

It was six men of Indostan To learning much inclined, Who went to see the Elephant (Though all of them were blind), That each by observation Might satisfy his mind. The First approach'd the Elephant, And happening to fall Against his broad and sturdy side, At once began to bawl: "God bless me! but the Elephant Is very like a wall!" The Third approached the animal, And happening to take The squirming trunk within his hands, Thus boldly up and spake: "I see, " quoth he, "the Elephant Is very like a snake!" The Fourth reached out his eager hand, And felt about the knee. "What most this wondrous beast is like Is mighty plain, " quoth he, "'Tis clear enough the Elephant Is very like a tree!" The Second, feeling of the tusk, Cried, -"Ho! what have we here So very round and smooth and sharp? To me 'tis mighty clear The Fifth, who chanced to touch the ear, This wonder of an Elephant Said: "E'en the blindest man Is very like a spear!" Can tell what this resembles most; Deny the fact who can, This marvel of an Elephant Is very like a fan!" The Sixth no sooner had begun About the beast to grope, Then, seizing on the swinging tail That fell within his scope, "I see, " quoth he, "the Elephant Is very like a rope!" And so these men of Indostan Disputed loud and long, Each in his own opinion Exceeding stiff and strong, Though each was partly in the right, And all were in the wrong! MORAL. So oft in theologic wars, The disputants, I ween, Rail on in utter ignorance Of what each other mean, And prate about an Elephant Not one of them has seen!