Point of view can drastically change a novel in the way that it is presented and perceived. In the novel The Crown by Kiera Cass, Eadlyn, the main character tells the story through the first person point of view. Her point of view also affects her emotions, and throughout this story her emotions directly affects what she believes, what she does, and how the story comes out. Similarly emotions and point of view also affect what people believe and do. The first way the narrator's point of view affects the novel is show through how Eadlyn’s emotions affect what she believes. At the beginning of the book, Eadlyn’s mother America has a heart attack right after her twin brother ran off with the french princess Camille. Eadlyn reaches a point where emotionally she feels like a burden to her family and that she causes all of the problems. Because of this She beings to believe that she is the reason that her mother is not her deathbed.“The doctors believed that the shock of Ahren’s departure was the catalyst for her current …show more content…
condition, though I couldn’t help but wonder if I’d contributed to her stress daily, like drops of poison so small someone didn’t realize they’d ingest something dangerous until it had overtaken them”(Cass 12). Each time that she thought about this, she began to believe it more and more. The narrator’s point of view affects the novel by showing how what Eadlyn believes effects what she does. After Eadlyn decides that she is at fault for her mother’s heart attack, she attempts to make it up to her parents by taking over as the regent of their country. This allows her father to be with her mother during this time of hardship. While she was Regent she had to officiate her first general council meeting. Where all of the board members were trying to get her to go to war with France. This is because Ahern was “stolen” by princess Camille. Eadlyn let the way she was feeling dictate her actions. She tore up the war declaration and said no. This was because she was attempting to make her Father believe that she was capable of being queen. After this she was asked “don’t you think you’re being too emotional about this?”(Cass 17). To which she replied, “I’m going to assume that you aren’t implying by that statement that i’m actually being too female about this Because, yes, I am emotional”(Cass 17). Eadlyn believed that this was the right course of action and therefore was not going to get swayed by the insults of the people who were supposed to be her closest advisors. Eadlyn’s actions through the story also dictate how the story itself plays out.
After the attempt to be pushed into war and saying no, the story takes a turn for peace. “A war would add unnecessary strain to an already stressful moment and would cause an upheaval between us and the country we are now bound to by marriage. We will not fight”(Cass 16). This allows Eadlyn to focus more on her country and parents current situation. Although if Eadlyn would have gone to war, the entire story would have take a different turn. Illea would have been in an uproar and her parents would have been thrown into the chaos. Along with that, Eadlyn would have not become queen when she did because her father would have felt her to be irresponsible. The staple of her father's reign was peace. If Eadlyn would have not become queen, then the country would have also never became a constitutional monarchy where the people could have a say in how their government
operated. Emotions also play a strong role in other aspects of life. When people get upset about something, everything that they do can get affected. For example, If a girl made the all-state choir in 2018, chance are that she would be crying a cheerful the entire rest of the bus ride. She would possibly also called her parents and tell them what happen. If this girl had not made the choir, this situation would not have played out the same. Eadlyn’s character and human reactions with emotions are also very similar in the way they process how they feel. Eadlyn’s emotions cause her to act to console herself, and people do the same thing. When Eadlyn went to propose to Kile and she saw his dreams of traveling the world, she was filled with sadness. To console this feeling she abruptly changed her plans to fit his life. “Kile Woodwork, you are hereby banished from the place for the term of a year”(Cass 240). Many people in this world have a tendency to do a similar thing when they get overly emotional. In conclusion, Eadlyn’s point of view also affects her emotions, and throughout this story, her emotions directly affects what she believes, what she does, and how the story comes out. Emotions play a huge part in a story an everyday life. Whether it be something as simple as what a person eats to breakfast, to whether or not going to war is a good idea, these feelings shape our everyday lives. And with emotions, the point of view in which people see the world can also affect the outcome of everyday life and a person’s reaction.
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Many narratives are told in different perspectives these days. I believe the book Make Lemonade is told in the first person point of view.
Point of view-The story is told by the point of view of Chief Bromden, a patient at a mental health hospital. He expresses his own emotions as well as providing background details on the characters and setting which enables the readers to comprehend the story better.
While reading the fiction book, Good Kings Bad Kings I realized that there was a strong connection between what actually happened back in history to those with mental and physical disabilities. Even though the book was wrote to entertain, it also had me thinking about history. For example, while reading through the book I would relate back to some of the readings we read in class. These readings were “An Institutional History of Disability” and "Disability and Justification of Inequality in American History". Some of the key things that, also, stood out to me were the way the youth were treated, how workers were treated, how ableism was presented, and why people were put in these facilities.
When writing literature, authors will adapt points of view to mold the perceptions of their readers. Three points of view that authors use to draw readers into their works of fiction are the limited perspective, the first-person perspective, and the objective perspective. Three stories will be examined and critiqued for their use of these narrative techniques. Of the three perspectives that will be examined, the first-person perspective is the most useful for sharing the authors’ vision.
Point of view is one of the single greatest assets an author can use. It helps to move the plot along and show what is happening from a character’s perspective. An author can make the plot more complex by introducing several characters that the reader has to view events through. The events can then be seen through different eyes and mindsets forcing the reader to view the character in a different light. From one perspective a character can seem cruel, yet, from another, the same character can seem like a hero. These vastly contrasting views can be influenced based on the point of view, a character’s background, and the emotions towards them. The novel Love Medicine by Louise Erdrich showcases some examples of events seen from different points
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When it comes to revolutions the government plays an important role. A revolution can be explained as a rebellion against the government and injustices found in society. At a certain people will get tired of being oppressed. Oppression is one of the reasons that the French revolution took place. Society at that time viewed the king as father who was supposed to take care of them. In reality the king was only looking out for himself and not the best of his people. In his book When the King Took Flight Timothy Tackett focuses on the night the royal family tried to flee to Austria. When the king tried to left society felt that he was abandoning them and going against the revolution. Looking at this event it clearly shows how the king directly
...and realities hidden from the reader. If the reader had been aware of everything from the beginning, there would have been no point at all to the story. Carefully revealing pieces of Miss Brill's character through this point of view illustrated her own passage into a new reality. Keeping the point of view limited to Miss Brill and excluding the thoughts of the other characters kept the reader centered on Miss Brill so that the same realizations could come about simultaneously. The reader, through masterful use of point of view, was able to share a very meaningful experience with the character and go through the same steps that she did to reach the end.
By using the third person omniscient point of view, the narrator is able to render the characters with information related both from direct description and from the other character's revelations. This way, the description remains unbiased, but at the same time coherent with how the various characters see it. For example, after the narrator tells us that "He was an only child, eleven years old. She was a widow. She was determined to be neither possessive nor lacking in devotion.", we are able to understand why the boy is so emotionally attached to his mother and, at the beginning, unwilling to ask her for permission to go to his beach and, later in the story, unwilling to let her know about his adventure through the tunnel. This also explains why the mother let him go without questions, even if she was very worried about him.
The crown was so bright and shiny. It was all mine, until someone interfered. The only thing standing between me and the crown, was a girl named Callie Yearous. Her hair is light brown and she is tall. In the Summer of 2016, just me and Callie ran for Miss. Sumner. Sumner, IA is a beautiful little quite town. Sumner has cute little shops downtown. We have Sumner Day’s every year. The I was the only one running for it. Callie’s mom convinced her to be a candidate.