Dear Readers,
We have discussed point of view in class. We learned about first person, third person limited, and third person omniscient. Then we analyzed some of Patricia Polacco's books and from who's point of view the story is told.
For example, Pink and Say was written in third person limited. The story is told from Say's perspective, but a narrator is telling it because it uses the pronoun "he." As a reader, we do not know everything, but only the thoughts and feelings of Say.
In our historical fiction book clubs, we have analyzed our book's point of view. What point of view is your book told? How does the point of view influence how the story is told, and what you know or do not know?
I look forward to reading about your book's point of view and why it matters.
Be sure to answer both questions in complete sentences, and edit your work before you submit it.
26 comments:
Dear Ms. Sikes,
I think the Cabin Faced West is told by the omniscient narrator's point of view because it tells what Ann is thinking but doesn't use "I". A book written from third person omniscient tells more about the character than a book written in third person limited . The way it was written helped me because I knew what the character was thinking, which is unlike third person limited where I would have to wait for the character to say something.
I think our book's point of view is third person limited. I think this is a good answer because when we talked we agreed on third person limited because it tells the point of view of more than one person. One thing I don't know is why did his Uncle Aswell take the knife and put it in his bag and why did he not give it to his young cousin. Also why didn't Issac take the knife instead of Andy's uncle.
I read the book Dear America, and I think the point of view is first person. I think that because it is a diary, and if it wasn't a diary it might change the point of view. I also know it is first person because it says I a lot in the story.
Dear Ms. Sikes,
My historical fiction book is Dear America. I know that the point of view is first person because she uses "I" and such. I think that it makes the story more real because it is her diary, and she writes her thoughts and feelings in it. First person makes the story a whole lot better than third person limited, or third person omniscent.
Dear Ms. Sikes,
My book The Buffalo Knife is told in 3rd person limited. I know this because it uses he and it has Andy's thoughts only.
Dear Ms. Sikes,
My HF book is third person limited. I know that because it has one person's thoughts and feelings, and it uses the character's name. It influences the story by letting you know how different people see what's happening. Also, you can know different things from each perspective by how THEY feel or THEY describe different things
Dear Ms.Sikes,
My HF book, Dear America, is first person.I know this because it is a diary and it uses the word "I" a lot.As a reader, we don't know Daniel's or Uncle Edward's feelings, but we know Amelia's. For example, when Uncle Edward's store catches on fire, we don't know how he feels about it, but we can infer Amelia was worried about it.
Dear Ms. Sikes,
In the Buffalo Knife the perspective is third person limited, but as the story goes on Isaac becomes a big part of the book. It turns out to be a mixture between limited and third person omniscient. This is a big part of the book because it is told through two people.
WC
Dear Ms. S,
1. The point of view for my book is first person. I think this because in the book, it says "I" and "me".
2. I think this influences the book because it gives the book some mystery. If you knew everything, it wouldn't be half as good.
3. I do not know what her father's thought and feelings are, only her's.
In my book club book,"The Buffalo Knife,"the story is told in third person limited. The book is mostly told by Andy's point of view,but later on in the book Issac becomes a pretty important character. The story tells a little about Issac's thinking,but not a lot.
The book i am reading is called Buffalo Knife and it is Third person limited.It makes the book be more clear to the readers because the prospective by Andy and if it was told by Andy and Issac it would get confusing to the reader.Why did the writer call the character Andy?
Dear Ms. Sikes,
In my book Buffalo Knife I think it is told from third person omniscient and limited because at the beginning it is told by Andy only. That makes it third person limited. But as the story grows it becomes omniscient because you can read Issac thoughts. It effects the book because if it was first person than you would either not be able to read both Issac's and Andy's thoughts.
I read Cabin Faced West, and the point of view is third person omniscient.I think a good answer because ,when are book club we all talked about it and we came up with that. I did not know why George Washington came in the book randomly in the book, or why they moved away from Pittsburg.
Dear Ms.Sikes,
My book Dear America: A Light in the Storm is told by first person. I can tell because it uses I. It is a diary, andit doesn't tell what other people are thinking. It only tells what Amelia is thinking. If it was told by Daniel it would be totally diffrent and might talk about going off to war and about his sisters.
1.In Cabin Faced West, I think it's told in third person limited because it says Ann instead of I.
2.It tells the story in a different way if it were in first person or third person omniscient.
Dear Ms. Sikes,
I think Dear America is first person because it is told by Amelia's perspective. I think our book would be different if it were third person it would be told by a narrator who knows only the thoughts and feelings of one person, and all the other characters are described externally. For example, a narrator might know the thoughts an feelings of one person, but not of the others. If it was third person omniscent it would be told by a narrator who knows the thoughts and feelings of every person.
Dear Ms. Sikes,
Our book Buffalo Knife's point of view is third person limited. I know it's third person limited because the book said he a lot through out the story, and ti showed a lot of people's perspective through out the story. What I don't know is why did And's Uncle take Andy's buffalo knife, and put it in his bag, and why didn't Issac take the buffalo bone knife?
Dear Ms. Sikes
Buffalo Knife is 3rd person omniscient because he and she instead of Andy and Isaac. I wonder why Uncle Az took his buffalo bone knife?
Dear Ms.Sikes,
My historical fiction book called Dear America a Diary of Amelia Martin, is told in first person. I know this, because it is her diary. She is writing her thoughts in it, and what went on that day. It affects the story, because the dates get all mixed up. Sometimes it confused me. like it went from April 22, 1861 to April 27, 1861.
Dear Ms. Sikes,
My Dear America book is first person. The first person point of view influences how the story is told by the person who is writing the diary. If it was third person omniscient or third person limited then it would not be a diary ,and you wouldn't be able to understand the text. Since it's a diary it only tells what Amelia knows, not what Daniel or mother and father thinks.
Dear Ms. Sikes,
Buffalo Knife is Third Person Omniscient. I know this because it changes from Andy to Isaac in the story, and it can tell what they were thinking.If it was Third Person Limited it would have focused on Andy when Isaac was alone in the woods.
My book The Buffalo Knife the point of veiw is third person omniscient. Because all the characters thoughts are revealed,and it has a narrator that tells the story.
Dear Ms.Sikes
I think my book is third person limited because the narrator talks about the main character and has access to their thoughts. It also is kind of tricky because it says I in the dialogue. By the way my book is Cabin Faced West.
Dear Ms.Sikes,
1. Dear America is told through Wickie/Amelia’s point of view, so it is First Person.
2. We know what Wickie/Amelia is feeling or thinking. We don’t know what other characters such as father are feeling or thinking. If we do it is told by Wickie.
Mrs. Sikes,
My book, A Light in the Storm is first person limited. If it was third person omniscient, Wicky/Amelia' mom might not seem like such a bad person. And, even though I know Wicky/Amelia's parents became divorced during the end of the story, but did they ever regret their choices?
Dear Ms.Sikes,
My book is Cabin Faced West and it is told in third person limited. The point of you influences the story because if you told it in first person or third person omniscient it would be a lot different than how it is written in third person limited. I know that the story is mostly true because in both the front and the back of the book it said that Ann in the story was the author’s great great grandmother. I do not know that Andy in the story is real though because it did not tell me in the book.
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