POINT OF VIEW

MEMORIZE THIS DEFINITION!

POINT OF VIEW
Vantage point from which a story is told

Types of Point of View:

1. First Person – The narrator uses the first-person pronoun I and is a character in the story. We hear and see what the narrator hears and sees. We may have to interpret what the narrator says, because a first-person narrator may or may not be objective, honest, or perceptive.
   
2. Third-Person Limited – The narrator, who plays no part in the story, zooms in on the thoughts and feelings of one character.
3. Third-Person Omniscient – Omniscient means, “all knowing”. The narrator plays no part in the story but can tell us what all the characters are thinking and feeling as well as what is happening in other places.

From which point of view is the story of The Giver told? From whose perspective is it told?

How would the story be different if it were told from one of the other points of view?

Proceed to the THEME ASSIGNMENT.