Wednesday, February 27, 2013

D. Point of View

1.What point of view does the story use? Is the story told from a first-person perspective, in which the narrator is one of the characters in the story, and refers to himself or herself as "T"? Or is the story told from a third-person perspective, in which the narrator is not one of the characters in the story or may not participate in the events of the story?
Ans. 1st Person Limited point of view. The story was narrated by the author himself.
2.What are the advantages of the chosen point of view? Does it furnish any clues as to the purpose of the story?
Ans.To shows that the character have a conflict between himself because he believe that his wife is alive but actually his wife was dead.

3. Is the narrator reliable or unreliable? Does he/she have a limited knowledge or understanding of characters and events in the story? Does the narrator know almost everything about one character or every character, including inner thoughts?
Ans.The narrator is reliable because I think he knows almost everything about the character. He knows what Henry did and what happened to him and his wife.

4.Does the author use point of view primarily to reveal or conceal? Does he ever unfairly withhold important information known to the focal character?
Ans. The author used point of view primarily to reveal. He never unfairly withhold important information. He tells about the main character.

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