THE ANALYSIS OF POINT OF VIEW FROM SHORT STORY OF DREAM

BY ANTON CHECKOV

CHAPTER I

INTRODUCTION

Learning about prose will be very interested. In this subject we try to analysis

about element of the prose in order to understand it. All of students have allotted

becoming some groups. Every group was given the title for analysis the short story.

For example first group had title about the title and they presentated about what had

related to title in the prose.

There are some element of the prose that consist of title, theme, character,

characterization, setting, plot and point of view. It must have in good prose because

no prose if it doesn’t have that elements. For instance the prose don’t have character

I think that is no prose because no match with the rules to arrange prose.

In this paper, the writer is only thought about point of view. If my friends ask

guestion to go out from this thought we will not answer it. For example some people

in this discuss ask about the difference between point of view and characterization

that don’t have answered for it because we just discuss about point of view –no

consider with the others.

The writers will tell you about an analysis of point of view in Anton Chechov’s

Dream. In chechov’s short story we just take point of view element in order to easily

understand what is point of view and how to indentify it.

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In the discussion session the writers expect to all of our friends in order to

take partipation for making the discussion to be interested.

CHAPTER II

There are some interpretation of point of view according to some resources

that consist of:

1. Point of view is a position or perspective from which something is considered

or evaluated (Merriam-Webster:2003)

2. Point of view (POV) is the way an author tells a story. The two most common

points of view are the first person point of view and the third person point of

view. (Gary Robert muschla:2011)

3. Point of view is a way of thinking about something; [someone’s] viewpoint; an

attitude or expression of self-interest.( Richard A. Spears:2000)

As mentioning in the above, the point of view will give to reader about the

story is told and how to put some character from author.

A. FINDING

In this session, the writer will explain about kind of point of view and

find out it in the short story in order to make easily to be understood by

readers.

According to Cleanth Brooks, the point of view is allotted becoming four

consisting of:

1. First person point of view

In the first person point of view, the narrator will tell the story to

reader with some marks of word from explaining the author in the

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story consisting of “I and we”. “I and We” are the word from telling

about point of view in the story. So the writer will find out the first

person point of view in the short of dream that is written by Anton

Checkov. The writer will mention what paragraph spoke about the

first person point of view in the story of dream. Let’s find out it:

The travelers had been a long while on their way, but they

seemed to be always on the same small patch of ground in front

of them there stretched thirty feet of muddy black-brown mud,

behind them the same, and wherever one looked further, an

impenetrable wall of white fog. They went on and on, but the

ground remained the same. The wall was no nearer, and the

patch on which they walked seemed still the same patch. They

got a glimpse of a white, clumsy-looking stone, small ravine or

abundle of hay dropped by a passer-by, the brief glimmer of a

great muddy puddle, or, suddenly a shadow with vague outlines

would come into view ahead of them;…….. (dream: 16 P: 2)

The other day I was washing a sleve in the pond and caught a

reptile- see, as long as a finger, with gills and a tail. The first

minute I thought it was a fish, then I looked- and, blow it! If it

hadn’t paws. (dream:17 p 3)

I think enough to give u example point of view especially first

person point of view. For more understood the first person point of

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view you can seek alone in the story of dream yet you must just

know key of words that is “I and We”

2. Third person point of view

Third person point of view is marked by some words consisting

of “he, she, it and they” and it can replace with name of people or

noun (animal, stone, book and so on). When the reader want to the

third person point of view you can see example that is given by writer

in the story of dream accurately.

He was a frail little man, weak sickly-looking, with small,

colourless, and extremely indefinite features. His eyebrows

were scanty, his expression mild and submissive; he had

scarcely a trace of a moustance, though he was over thirty…….

(dream: 15 p2)

Ptaha shrugged his shoulder and slapped himself on the

extreme perplexity. The other constable, Nikandr Sapozhnikov,

maintained silence. He was not so naïve as ptaha, and

apparently knew very well the reason which might induce an

orthodox Christian to conceal his name from other people……

(dream:17 p2)

That is some example the third person point of view in the story

of dream if you find out again the word that is marked by “he, she, it

and they or substitute for name of people and noun. So you can

catch in it alone for making you understand about the third person

point of view.

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3. Second person point of view

The narrator will tell the story with second person like “You”.

“You” is marker in second person point of view. So if you seek the

second person point of view in the story, you must find out the

marker “you”. For example in the story of dream that is:

You are a robber and treated like a robber- worse than any

dog. You can’t sleep, you can’t eat or even say your prayers

(dream: 20 p4)

……. You catch an eel-pout or a roach of some sort and are as

pleased as though you had met your brother. And would you

believe it , there’s a special art for every fish: you catch one

with a live bait, you catch another with a grub,….(dream:21 p2)

That is example for the second person point of view in the story

of dream. In the second person point of view the writer only stress

to the reader if you want to look at the second person point of view.

The easy ploy look at it that is to seek the marker “ you”.

4. Omniscient point of view

Omniscient point of view is the style of telling a story in which

the narrator is not a character in the story but knows everything that

happens and what all the characters experience, think, and

feel(longman dictionary).

A narrator who know every thing about all the character is all

knowing or omniscient. Writer will give you the example omniscient

point of view in the short story of dream comprising:

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Two peasant constables- one a stubby, black-bearded

individual with such exceptionally short legs that if looked at

him from behind it seemed as though his legs began much

lower down than in other people; the other, long, thin, and

straight as a stick, with a scanty beard of dark reddish colour-

were escorting to the district town a tramp who refused to

remember his name. The first waddled along, looking from side

to side, chewing now a straw, now his own sleeve, slapping

himself on the haunches and humming, and altogether had a

careless and frivolous air; the other, in spite of his lean face

and narrow shoulders, looked solid, grave, and substantial; in

the lines and expression of his whole figure he was like the

priest among the old believers, or the warriors who are painted

on old-fashioned ikons. “for his wisdom God had added to his

forehead”—that is, he was bald – which increased the

resemblance referred to. The first was called Andrey Ptaha, the

second Nikandr Sapozhnikov (dream:15 p1).

That is point of view according to Cleanth Brooks, from

explaining and example in above that is so clearly to understand

about point of view to us.

B. DISCUSSION

In the part of finding the writer have clarified about kind of point of view

according to Cleanth Brook, yet there are some kind of point of view according

to the other expert such as Richard nordquist that are the first person point of

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view(I and we), the second person (you), the third person( he, she, it and

they).

All of expert in literature will be completed the other one. So every

expert have the way how to look the point of view based on their selves.

In this session the writer try to give you some tips how to know about

point of view consisting of:

1) To know about what is point of view for becoming basicly to you.

2) Read the short story accurately

3) Find out the author in the short story.

4) Make classification about point of view like explanation in the

above. For example first person point of view(I and we) and in the

like.

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CHAPTER III

CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION

A. CONCLUSION

Point of view is a position or perspective from which something is

considered or evaluated. There are some kind of point of view according to

Cleanth Brook that are the first person point of view (I and we), the second

person point of view( you), the third person point of view (it, he, she, and they)

and the omniscient point of view.

B. SUGGESTION

When the writer arranges this paper, he feels many mistake that has

been done. So the writer hope the reader can give some suggestion for

improving and reaching good result. From that suggestion the writer can

become lesson to his in order to understand about how to arrange good paper

in writing.

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