When writing a story, the author can choose the amount of information the reader comprehends by writing it in a certain point of view. In Rios’ “The Secret Lion,” the first person point of view allows us to see the world through the eyes of a boy who has just reached adolescence. This means that we are transforming ourselves into a 12-year-old child in order to fully see the story through the narrator’s eyes; in fact, this point of view is the reason we can immerse ourselves in the narrator’s mind. The third person point of view is a lot less intimate since it allows us to look at the big picture in a more detached way. In Kaplan’s “Doe Season,” we are given a limited omniscient point of view, which presents to us only what …show more content…
In “The Secret Lion,” author Albert Alvaro Rios presents us with a charming story about a boy who has arrived at the beginning of adolescence. The first person point of view narrative is what allows the author to convey the confused state that the child is in. This point of view has allowed the author to present the story through the innocent eyes of a child who has absolutely no idea why everything around him has suddenly started to change. “I was twelve and in junior high school and something happened that we didn’t have a name for, but it was there nonetheless like a lion, and roaring, roaring that way the biggest things do” (401). When we read this first sentence of the story, we only know that something big has happened to the narrator. In a sense, we are …show more content…
Similar to first person is the limited omniscient point of view in that the narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of the main character; however, it is told from a more detached voice—using terms such as “she/he, they, them.” In “Doe Season,” author David Michael Kaplan introduces the story of Andy through a limited omniscient point of view. The narrator is able to delve into Andy’s thoughts and feelings but is also able to provide certain information that Andy herself is not mature enough to comprehend. As opposed to a first person point of view, a limited omniscient point of view gives the author more flexibility in regards to the language used and the knowledge of the narrator. We are not only given the thoughts of the character but are also provided with a knowledgeable voice that helps make connections between Andy’s thoughts and the more developed thoughts of the omniscient narrator. “The thought made her feel good: it was like thinking of God; it was like thinking of the space between here and the moon; it was like thinking of all the foreign countries from her geography book where even now,
The point of view also gives the readers a better insight about the interworking of a character’s mind. For example, when Father Benito is telling Huitzitzilin ‘[t]his is not your sin. It was his alone. I know that in my country a man would have done the same to a woman, but still, it is his sin, and not the woman’s. May I ask you to forgive him now so that the anguish might disappear (53)?.
Often, when a story is told, it follows the events of the protagonist. It is told in a way that justifies the reasons and emotions behind the protagonist actions and reactions. While listening to the story being cited, one tends to forget about the other side of the story, about the antagonist motivations, about all the reasons that justify the antagonist actions.
*the narrator is looking back on what he has once witnessed long ago, and it's haunting him, makes him feel guilty and ashamed.
Characters getting the "first-person" treatment are not just means to an end either, as they are fully developed and intrigue the reader to care about them, adding yet another layer to the larger story.
Point of View – 3rd person limited. This is significant since there are many important characters, so first person wouldn’t show enough of the story.
Another realization that helps the narrator gain more of an identity is the realization of his grandfather’s advice.
Then, as you move through the passage you get a more serious mood and tone in the writing until the final paragraph where the perspective of the author’s backyard and washing line has changed altogether. The structure has no jumping back and forth in it; no going from the child’s perspective to the adult’s, the story is able to flow easily. The structure is almost in the form of stepping stones, where the change in perspective can go from one point of view to the other, child to adult.
What makes reader to see an feel that ? The literary elements used by author to describe and coll or this main character through his journey to find the answer to all of the question arisen in a upcoming situations.
Norton, D. E., & Norton. S. (2011). Through The Eyes Of a Child. An Introduction To Children’s Literature. Boston, MA, 02116: Eight-Edition Pearson Education
Growing up is unavoidable. No matter how much one tries to hold on to it its inevitable in one way or another we all grow up and mature. The elements used to support this idea are many different ones. The theme for "The Secret Lion” is loss of innocence or childhood; basically the main idea is growing up. This is the case with Alberto Alvaro Rios’s “The Secret Lion.” The whole story revolves around the twelve year old narrator whose name is unknown. But what we do know is that the character is going through changes that he doesn’t quite understand and it takes some time to assimilate.
We simultaneously believe, however, that society is disinterested in an individual’s story. One outcome of this dilemma is that public knowledge can only be built from “something real, some firm ground for action that would lead…onto the plane of history…” (507). In other words, the stories that are remembered are concrete. Individual’s stories are filled with uncertainty and emotions that continuously evolve. Society is too careless to comprehend this complexity. This leads to the other outcome, the narrator suggested, being our inability to understand one another. Our distinct experiences are critical elements in shaping our way of being; yet, they are unknown and figuratively we are
that the novel is a log of events and a tale of what might be in the
themes of the play and helps us gain insight on other characters. I find the following quote to be
The writer uses third-person limited omniscient point of view to tell the story. The author can read through Elizabeth Bates’s mind and perc...
In the world of novels, often the view afforded to the observer is one of omniscience.