And Then There Were NOne

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Point of View

• And Then There Were NOne

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Point of View

• Every story has a point of view, the position or
  perspective from which the events of a story are
  seen.
• Point of view answers the questions Whos
  telling the story?

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First-Person Point of View

• 1st person point of view the story is narrated
  by one of the characters of the story
• The character narrating uses the pronoun I.
• A first person narrator tells only what he or she
  knows or observes.
• This narrator is likely to convey his or her own
  attitudes and feelings.

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Third-Person Limited

• In a story told from a third-person limited
  point-of-view, readers see events through the
  eyes and mind of ONE of the characters.
• The character telling the story (as well as
  others) is referred to in the third-person, as
  he, she, it, or by name.
• Seeing events from one characters point-of-view
  can lead to sharing that characters emotions.
• Readers experience the characters thoughts and
  feelings with him or her.

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Third-Person Omniscient

• Omniscient means all knowing.
• When a writer uses an omniscient point-of-view,
  the events are told from the perspective of an
  outside observer who knows and sees all.
• Such narrators can get into the mind of any
  character at any point in the story and can
  possess information of which none of the
  characters is aware.
• The third-person omniscient narrators voice is
  not to be considered the authors voice.

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Mysteries

• Traditionally, mysteries are written in
  third-person limited point-of-view. Detectives
  who are well-know for their intellectual pursuit
  and/or dogged persistence toward a mystery
  waiting to be solved follow the steps of main
  characters.
• Such characters are Sam Spade, Sherlock Holmes,
  Charlie Chan, etc.

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Agatha Christie

• In And Then There Were None, an omniscient
  narrator was used.
• Readers are able to look into the minds of all
  the characters allowing readers to feel with or
  empathize with various characters.
• Knowing all generally aids in the solving of
  the mystery, but in this novel it takes a keen
  eye to figure out the ending.