The Sandman Worlds End

At the beginning of the story, the narrator provides a brief description of himself that allows readers to reflect upon his character and morality. He introduces himself as someone who believes that

A narrator, by definition, is how an author chooses to portray information to readers in their work. An author’s choice, in how to tell a story is ideal to the effect it has on readers. In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s timeless classic The Great Gatsby, Nick Carraway tells the entire story as a first-person, peripheral narrator. Fitzgerald purposefully chooses Nick as a partially removed character, with very few emotions and personal opinions. By doing so, readers experience the same ambiguity of other character’s thoughts, are carried smoothly throughout the plot, and Nick’s nonjudgmental character lets readers form opinions of their own.

Throughout the book the author writes the story from Libby’s and Jack’s point of view. Niven writes the book as though Libby is writing in her diary and then in the next chapter Jack is writing in his diary. The author also uses flashbacks in the story. We get a deeper understanding of the story and why things are happening in it because we can see that in the past all of these events lead up to this event. Another way the the author uses craft is how she uses figurative language to also add deeper meaning to the story. The author uses craft to make the story much more interesting to read. If there was no figurative language in the books it would not have gotten the ratings it did or be the book that no one wants to put

Point of view is important in any novel. It allows readers to see and understand the events and characters in a novel. Depending on who is speaking, point of view can drive the plot and convey the thoughts of the characters in a story. In the novel, The Brief Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz, point of view plays a crucial role in narrating the life of the lonesome outsider, Oscar. The novel is narrated in first person, but Diaz chooses to disclose who the speaker is until later in the book. As the story progresses, there are clues that hint to the reader who the outside source narrating Oscars life is. Diaz uses Yunior to narrate a majority of the novel. This point of view lets the readers understand the Dominican culture through Yunior’s commentary and perspective. It also gives an outside perspective on Oscar which helps build Oscar as a character. Instead of using an omniscient third person or generic first person point of view, Diaz uses multiple characters to narrate the story. This ingenious idea gave the story a more personal and up close look at not only the life of Oscar, but also the lives of his sister, Lola, and his mother, Beli.

Having each story been written in a third-person narrative form, the reader knows the innermost feelings of the

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

Throughout most of the novel Tony Morrison uses third person point of view but in part two, however, she changes to first person and has another character take the role of narrator. Changing between first and third person narratives can help a reader gain interest as well as focus. Therefore, the reader will try to figure out what character they are following in the story. In addition, another possible reason would be the limitations that each perspective brings. The ability to change perspectives within the story can bring either disastrous effects or constructive support.

Gaiman words were comforting to read as his style seemed uncommonly laid back and easily sincere. He turns the most average moment into such an intriguing one, without overselling or making the sentences sound too poetic. Therefore the simplicity of his dynamic words changed the story into a capturing tale. However, the supernatural theme of the book was perplexing in the beginning,

As these cultural conflicts arose, the publication of “The Sandman” came out, illustrating characteristics that advocated for the Romantic era ideals, while also contrasting rational views. Within the story of “The Sandman” and as well as in his other novels and stories, E.T Hoffman depicts a duality between dream and reality, as it is a motif for his own life. Hoffman insists of there being an irreducible heterogeneity and dualism between the two realms of what is reality and what is a dream, which is seen through the dispute between Clara and Nathanael in “The Sandman.” Within this publication, Hoffman begins with a dispute between Clara and Nathanael regarding the death of his father. It then transitions into letter that were written between that of Nathanael, Clara, and Clara’s brother Lothar.

2. The author’s point of view is from a first-person point of view. An example of this would be when she writes “I have to confess: I was suckered by the trailer for American Sniper” because she wants the public to know that before she really knew who Chris Kyle was, she too saw him as this great American hero and that she gradually saw him as less than the American hero that she and everyone else saw him as, but as more of a person who was just killing because it was fun.

Writing from different viewpoints allows the author, Tim O’Brien, to express himself in a more comfortable manner. Written in this viewpoint, the story is read as a tale instead of an autobiography and the author becomes more distant with the story like he is looking into it rather than writing it.

There are many elements that contribute to the effectiveness of a piece of writing. One element in particular that adds to how effective a piece of writing can be is point of view, which can determine what the reader knows and understands, and how the information given is interpreted. As a result, point of view contributes to character development and the emotional impact of a piece of writing. Marjane Satrapi utilizes the impact that point of view has in her graphic novel Persepolis. The story, which is written as a memoir, includes Marjane herself in the images, which makes the text seem to be told from more of a limited third person point of view, while the narration of the story is told in the first person. By including herself in the

The last theme is the impossibility of dreams. Most of the characters dream of a

Jackson makes the statement, “Although the villagers had forgotten the ritual and lost the original black box, they still remembered to use stones” (244). The next element to look at is whether or not the author gives the reader access to any character’s consciousness. In reading the story the reader can tell how certain characters feel by listening to what they say. An example of this is when Old Man Warner states, “It’s not the way it used to be. People ain’t the way they used to be” (244). The reader can tell that he is frustrated because people are not responding to the lottery as they used to. However, Jackson does not allow the reader access into any character’s consciousness and let him or her know how a particular character feels outside of what that character says.    The third concept involves the narrator’s position and presence, which determines whether that person is involved in the story or not. If the narrator is involved in the story, the reader must then determine if that character is a major or minor character and if his or her presence is pervasive, dominate, or obtrusive. Jackson’s use of the narrator in this story is one that is an outside observer looking in at the events unfolding and not a participant in the story. The fourth and final concept of point of view is the reliability of the narrator. The reader must determine if they find the narrator believable or not. The fact that the narrator in

Each perspective is held within a chapter which, when the characters move away from each other, allows the author to leave minor cliff-hangers at the end of each chapter. While six of the characters from this first book are from the same family, the perspective is shifted around in preceding books. Death is common is this book and it’s was one of the best things about it because it played well to the realism of the time that is depicted. Main characters are not safe like in other novels I have read and this made for very exciting reading. Self preservation is often the cause for character splits and confrontations, and by the end of the book characters you assumed you would be attached too for some time are left headless and gutless or simply gone.