Point Of View In Liliana Hecker's The Stolen Party

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In “the Stolen Party”, author Liliana Hecker uses third person limited point of view to only give the reader certain facts. During Rosaura’s interactions, you only get her feelings and thoughts, this keeps the story surprising, and Makes the Story much more enjoyable.
One reason for using third person limited point of view is to keep the reader in suspense and not tell the full story until the surprise ending, where it becomes clear.
For example, in “The Stolen Party,” When Senora Ines gives Rosaura money instead of a gift we see that Rosaura was wrong about the party “Finally she came up to rosaura and her mother. She had a big smile on her face and rosaura liked that. Senora Ines looked down at her, then looked up at her mother, and then she said something that made rosaura proud, “what a marvelous daughter you have, Herminia” For an instant, Rosaura thought that she’d get two presents: the bracelet and the yo yo. Senora ines bent down as if about to look for something. Rosaura also leaned forward, stretching out her arm, but she never completed the movement. Senora ines didn’t look in the pink bag, nor did she look in the blue bag. Instead she rummaged in her purse. In her hand appeared two bills.”(pg 5 par 2) …show more content…

And we would already know what was going to happen.
Another Reason for using third person limited point of view is to set the tone and theme of the story before the surprise. And also let us know more about Rosaura's

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