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Point of View.notebook 1 January 12, 2016 Third Person Omniscient Benefits Limitations Multiple perspectives make it easy to see action/growth in more than one place (multiple settings/storylines) Can get close to more than one character Provides most information Unbiased Use with more than one imp character can't use for mysteries/plot twists you want to keep from reader can be confusing reader won't necessarily bond/sympathize with protagonist(s) Don't use with stories w/one key character
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Third Person Omniscient
Benefits LimitationsMultiple perspectives make it easy to seeaction/growth in more than one place(multiple settings/storylines)
Can get close to more than one character
Provides most information
Unbiased
Use with more than one imp character
can't use for mysteries/plot twists you want to keep from reader
can be confusing
reader won't necessarily bond/sympathize with protagonist(s)
Don't use with stories w/one key character
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First Person
Benefits Limitations
What do we mean by "biased"?
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First Person
Advantages Disadvantages
Good if you have one major charactershows dynamic character/internal conflict well (so good if character makes a change or if the story is more characterdriven)
Creates an immediate emotional bond between reader and protagonist
Most immediate; places reader closest to the action
Clear "hero", generally
Good to use to preserve mystery (so reader sees things when character does)
Good if you want the reader to have an authentic "experience"
Have to have a good sense of authentic "voice" for it to be believable
Only see what character sees/experiencesCannot use if protagonist passes away during the action
biased/unreliable their mind influences what the reader knows and experiences
Describing the protagonist physically can be tricky (like, who stares in the mirror and describes themselves aloud?)
Can assume prot will survive, and may not want this (esp if the story is one in which their safety is at risk)
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Third Person Objective (Cinematic)
Benefits Limitations
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Third Person Objective (Cinematic)
Benefits Limitations
Thoughts must be spoken aloud/or sources used in news to get thoughts
Hard to write without bias
no internal conflicts shown, unless spoken
feel disconnected from characters (no "bond")
Not good for use with narratives using one main character or with dynamic characters
factual/unbiased
allows reader to form opinions on theirown
good for mysteries/secrets/news
good for external/non-emotional conflict
good to focus on plot/action
Only shows what can be seen or heard
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Third Person Limited
Benefits Limitations
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Third Person Limited
Advantages Disadvantages
-- Similar to first person-- Single character's viewpoint-- Good for linear plot--Good for single main character-- Good for dynamic character-- Works better than first person for a plot-driven story--Good choice for a story where outer eventsmatter, but they are tied to a character'sgrowth or change
-- Only shows what one character sees, thinks, feels-- Only know/see what that character sees or knows--Cannot get close to other characters
Close to first personStill creates a bit of a bond/sympathy between reader and protBit more removed makes it easier to describe protStory can go on even if prot does notWorks for mysteries/plot twists/revelations
Still biasedLimited only to what that character experiences/focuses on one characterLacks the immediacy of first person (which you may want, but maybe not)
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Why did the author choose first person to write Shin's Tricycle?
First person helps the reader make an emotional bond with the main character. This was important because the author wanted to show the horrors of war, in order to promote peace. The reader feels terrible about what the author went through, and first person helps that happen.
In addition, first person makes the reader feel like they are in the action. The author may have wanted this because he wanted to, again, show how awful the war really was. The point of the book is to have an emotional impact on the reader, and first person does that best.
Third person objective...
This was important to the story because... (BE CAREFUL NOT TO JUST RESTATE THE QUALITIES OF THE POV)
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