Shifting Narrative Perspective In Wild Thorns By Sahar Khalifeh

One crucial formalist element the author incorporates is the use of point of view. The way the story is told allows the reader to have an exceptional grasp on the meaning. The story’s layout follows the second-person point of view, which gives the opportunity for the author to address the readers directly, rather than just illustrating her own experiences with culture. Throughout the story, Ng redundantly uses the word “you” instead of “I”, for instance when she mentions, “Take pleasure in the surprise on people’s faces when you say, ‘My name is Mackenzie Altman’” (931). The main reason the author chose to peruse a second-person point of view is that she wanted the reader to be able to connect with the story on a personal level.

In the short story “From Behind the Veil,” written by Dhu’l Nun Ayyoub, the author changes how we feel about the main character throughout the sequencing of the plot. We as the readers learn more about how the protagonist really thinks coupled with what her motives are. The author also presents language that clearly expresses how the protagonist feels and uses examples to show an overall theme in the story.

Changing perspectives is defined as the change of how an individual sees something or someone. Melina Marchetta uses changing perspectives in a variety of ways in her novel ‘Looking for Alibrandi’, highlighting that change is a lifelong process because no one is ever completely mature or knowledgeable, and that it can be unexpected and subtle or gradual and natural. Marchetta demonstrates this concept of change through her characters and certain events, experiences, perspectives and people they associate with. She enables readers to develop their own perspectives of each character as they mature and change by using literary techniques to intrigue the audience and provoke thought about the changing perspectives of the characters.

The writer composes the story from the perspective of an analyst. She alludes to occasions later on, facts, and information that no character could have known in the setting of the story. Incorporated into the content are genuine quotes said or composed by the general population she expounds on, including the primary character. She utilizes an extremely objective voice, giving successive analysis of distinctive individuals' outlook and continually alluding to insights to demonstrate her point. Since the book does not focus on the point of view of any single character, it peruses more like a news article than a story, which frequently exhausting its groups of readers. Accordingly, Hillenbrand's written work style once in a while obstructs the correspondence of her thoughts because she regularly includes actualities, quotes and investigation in the book; it usually bores audience on the grounds that it peruses more like a news article instead of a

When writing a story, authors have to worry about ways to add tension to the conflict. To add to this aspect of a story, authors can make a twist in the plot, use more sensory detail, or introduce new characters. In Diana Lopez’s realistic fiction, “Confetti Girl,” and Jennifer Cervantes’s, “Tortilla Sun,” both the narrators have different perspectives from their parents. In the stories,”Confetti Girl,” and ,”Tortilla Sun,” the fact that the narrators have different perspectives from their parents adds tension to the conflicts by having characters disagree on a certain topic.

Through whom a story is told plays a significant part in how the reader interprets it. This can be used to the author’s advantage to add ambiguity to the characters, making their story more than just black and white. Kelly Link’s “Stone Animals” and Lidia Yuknavitch’s Dora: A Headcase is no exception. It may seem that these two stories have little in common, one being about a house beset by rabbits and the other about a girl suffering from hysteria. When one looks closer at the use of point of view, however, distinct connections appear. Though Link and Yuknavitch employ different points of view in their respective stories, they both use it to discredit their own characters and create doubt about their mental state and reliability. This forces a discussion about psychological trauma and how one attempts to hide it, such as through the blurring of reality, odd behaviors, and an emphasis on nicknames.

Once Usama returns, he is disgusted to find streets filled with complacent Arabs who have accepted the Israeli rule and “workers who bought things greedily, ate well, dressed well.” ‘Greedy’ is an important and interesting adjective the author uses to describe the people of Palestine, as it carries a very negative connotation that describes the people with a naked and selfish ambition along with a voracious lust for riches and wealth. Through this integration of ‘greedy,’ as the audience we are averse to the Palestinian people and empathize with Usama as he paints himself as the lone hero that will save Palestine. Through this crude description of the Palestinians, we can see that in his eyes, they have traded and

The viewpoint of the world that the narrator has, completely alters as certain events take place throughout the story. His outlook on nature transforms into a wholly different standpoint as the story progresses. As his tale begins, the narrator sees himself as a tough guy or "bad character". He believes he is invincible. There is nobody as cool as he is or as dangerous as him and his friends are. With his

Although Abulhawa was not there at the time, the events she discussed are true events that have occurred. This novel incorporates literature of apartheid because of how the Israelis were considered to be the majority race in power. Throughout this entire novel, Israeli soldiers have attacked, killed and injured many innocent people because they wanted to ultimately eliminate the opposing race. They would verbally attack Palestinians by saying “Fucking terrorist” and “Get rid of every last sand nigger” (Abulhawa, 2010 pg. 238). It was not until the Israeli soldiers invaded Lebanon, where the most brutal and violent acts against Palestinians were committed. What seemed to be the most shocking of all is the fact that the soldiers who were killing innocent people never seemed to have remorse aside from one who helped and fed Hudda. The protagonist, Amal is the person the readers see through. The most difficult part to read within this novel, was soon after the Israeli soldiers invaded. Amal had witness her older brother Yousef lose the one thing he loved the most, Fatima. On page 227, Yousef stated “They ripped my Fatima’s belly with a knife!! They killed my babies!!”. Amal described how difficult it was to hear such harsh things being said about her country and it was even heavy for her to witness it as well. A lot of the ruthless

In May-Lee Chai’s “Saving Sourdi,” Nea would be the antagonist of the story if the literary development of point of view and characterization were different. Point of view and characterization in literature is what allows us to see, hear, and feel a story the way it is designed. An author’s attention to detail is crucial. He or she may put more focus into every small element in a setting or they may emphasize more on development of plot or character. Every literary piece is different. Point of view is an essential tool in arranging the world in a story that sets itself apart. Development of character can only begin after we know from where the story is

For example, it might be told in the first-person from the point of view of Isabel, Kezia, Else, Lil, or Aunt Beryl. In a well-developed essay, describe the effect of the current point of view.

The narrator of Ralph Ellison’s “King of the Bingo Game” is a scared but fighting man. The protagonist of this story is an African American man. He is from Rocky Mont, North Carolina. In the story, his wife Laura is ill and will die if they are not able to take her to a doctor. He is playing a game of bingo in order to try to win the daily jackpot, so he can take Laura to the doctors. He gets bingo and is called up to the front to spin the wheel, but when he goes up to spin the wheel he is not able to let go of the button. He is having a hard time letting go of problems that are occurring in his life. Ralph Ellison’s “King of the Bingo Game” is about an African-American who is trying to cope with many different conflicts in his life throughout one bingo game.

In his novel “As I Lay Dying” William Faulkner the job of narrator is divided amongst a large number of character both Bundren and non-Bundren. Through the novel each of the narrator is given a chance to express their own view of how a situation went or how it looks. Now while the main number of narrators are members of the Bundren family the family is comprised of the least reliable narrators. In fact the best sources of information in the story usually come from narrator’s outside the family.

How do authors made the decision to use a voice in which to speak to their readers? There are many different perspectives available such as a first-person narrative, third-person, or even second person point of view. Maryse Condé’s novel, Crossing the Mangrove utilizes multiple voices to tell its story. In this paper, I will briefly characterize the way Condé takes on the traditional notion of point of view, then I will discuss the literary advantages and disadvantages of Condé’s novel, and conclude with how the end result is satisfying to the reader.

In the realistic-fiction novel, Sold, written by Patricia McCormick, the perspective of the narrator affects the way the reader understands the story because each point of view gives the reader a different interpretation on the problems faced throughout the book. First person allows the reader to directly see the main character, Lakshmi’s. Also, if the point of view were the first person from another character in the book, the story would be entirely changed, as everyone’s take on life differs. It has this effect on the way the reader understands the story because we feel what she feels, see what she sees, and suffer what she suffers. Since the perspective of the book is in first person, the confusion that Lakshmi experiences as she's manipulated