By: Max Dykhuizen, Mason Dominowski, Megan Nylund, and

Kellie Koning

Point Of View

POINT OF VIEW: The point of view is the perspective in which the story is told.

1ST PERSON POINT OF VIEW: The main character tells the story for his/her point of view. The character uses pronouns such as “I” and “me”.

DISADVANTAGES TO 1ST PERSON POINT OF VIEW:You don’t know the feelings of the minor characters in the story.

It’s difficult for the main character to describe themselves and paint a picture of themselves in the reader’s mind.

ADVANTAGES OF 1ST PERSON POINT OF VIEW:1st person point of view provides a smoother story line.

Allows you to get to know the main character very well.

1st person also makes it easier to share the protagonist’s thoughts, feelings, and emotions.

2ND PERSON POINT OF VIEW: The story is told by the reader’s point of view (most often choose your own adventure stories).

DISADVANTAGES OF 2ND PERSON POINT OF VIEW:The story line isn’t as deep and you don’t know what other characters are feeling.

ADVANTAGES OF 2ND PERSON POINT OF VIEW:You are the main character in the story and you feel as if you’re in the story and you’re actually involved in the story.

3RD PERSON POINT OF VIEW: 3rd person is when the story is told by a narrator, using names like or he, she, or them.

The Most Dangerous Game is written in 3rd person point of view.

DISADVANTAGES OF 3RD PERSON POINT OF VIEW: With 3rd person point of view, you

don’t get to know the main character very well.

The story line is sometimes choppy.

ADVANTAGES OF 3RD PERSON POINT OF VIEW: With 3rd person point of view, you know almost all of the characters’ feelings, thoughts, and emotions.

CENTRAL-LIMITED OMNISCIENT:

Central-limited omniscient is when you know the feelings of the main character and the story is told by the view point of the main character.

DISADVANTAGES OF CENTRAL-LIMITED OMNISCIENT:With central-limited omniscient, you don’t know the feelings, thoughts, and emotions of the minor characters.

ADVANTAGES OF CENTRAL-LIMITED OMNISCIENT:With central-limited omniscient, the story line is smoother and you get to know the main character very well.

PERIPHERAL-LIMITED OMNISCIENT:Peripheral-limited omniscient allows you to know the feelings of the minor character and the story is told by the view point of a minor character.

DISADVANTAGES OF PERIPHERAL-LIMITED OMNISCIENT:Peripheral-limited omniscient

leaves you not knowing the thoughts, emotions, and feelings of the main character.

ADVANTAGES OF PERIPHERAL-LIMITED OMNISCIENT:Peripheral-limited omniscient allows you to know the feelings of the minor characters that surround the main character.

OMNISCIENT:With Omniscient writing, the author

is directly telling you how the main character feels and the minor characters’ feelings as well.

DISADVANTAGES OF OMNISCIENT:With omniscient writing, the story is choppy from skipping from character to character.

ADVANTAGES OF OMNISCIENT:When an author uses omniscient

writing, you know how every character feels and you know their thoughts and emotions as well.

“THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME” “The Most Dangerous Game” is written in central

limited omniscient. You can hear Rainford’s thoughts and feelings but he doesn’t say “I”. The feelings of other characters you have to infer.

The author writes,” Rainsford remembered the shots. They had come from the right, and doggedly he swam in that direction, swimming with slow, deliberate strokes, conserving his strength. For a seemingly endless time he fought the sea. He began to count his strokes; he could do possibly a hundred more and then—”. From this we can assume that Rainsford was scared and desperate to find land.

SOURCESPrentice Hall Literature Gold Level, “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell. Page 19 – 36, R3 – R14.The Elements of Fiction. http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/lit-elements/overview/Literary Term – Point of View. http://www.learner.org/interactives/literature/read/pov1.html

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