Understanding Influences from the Writer's Background in Rosario Morales' 'The Day It Happened'

Josie's perspective of her grandmother changes from viewing her as nagging old women to having a loving, caring, respectful relationship with her. The narrative, which is written in first person, enables the reader to see the stages in which her perspective changes as she gains knowledge about her grandmother and also how it is her own actions that

This story is told in the first person point of view. The author chose the story to be first person to build a connection with the reader, and to tell stories from their own perspective, since they are more reliable than being told by someone else. First person also allows the reader to create a relationship with the protagonist and get to to know the character by the choices he made and the life experiences he had.

The narration is in first person only. This allows for the reader to really feel for and understand what the main character is going through. The mental illness she is suffering from over takes her; leading to full blown hysteria by the end of her stay.

The story is told from the third person point of view, and it centers singularly on the

The realness and intimacy that the first-person voice gives us makes the reader more able to relate and understand the feelings and ideas being expressed.

The story is on third-person (objective), but if the story were to be explained in omniscient first person, we would not have gotten all the information. we would not have gotten all the information about the persons thoughts.

“First-person narration tends to underline the act of transmission and often includes an embedded listener or reader, who serves as the audience for the tale. First-person narration presents the narrative through the perspective of a single character.” The main point of the first person narrator in a story would be in showing the characters thoughts and

In the novel, the author uses characters in the novel to narrate the story in their eyes, therefore being a first person but in some parts in the novel, the narration is seen from an omniscient point of view. Though the novel is mainly first person, some can argue that some parts are in different point of

"No sabes lo que tienes hasta que lo pierdes". Which translates to, "You do not know what you have until it is gone." The Day It Happened is a story written by Rosario Morales, a Puerto Rican poet and activist, who was born in Puerto Rico but grew up in New York. This short story takes place in a barrio of N.Y. in an apratment building, which is narrated by one of the neighbors. Morales depicts an abusive Latino relationship during the 90 's where machismo, domestic violence and love coincide to give us a small viewing of how the lives of many Latino womyn were like.

Although Sarah's portion of the story is told in third person, it is clear that the confusion, desperation and lack of understanding are seen from a child's point of view. Julia's account, on the other hand, is written in first person to give the reader the full emotional experience of Julia's research and attachment to a little girl who had most likely died sixty years

When a story is written in first person point of view, the reader often feels closer to the narrator because he/she shares his/her thoughts and feelings.

I agree with the author's choice of first person because jack is the one constantly talking. also why i agree is because if the mom wrote it then it would be talking about the divorce the whole time and she would not menchon brain.In Addition if the dad wrote the story then he would talk about how he only gets to see his son in the summer and he does not think that is write.Again on page 5 it states that “Brian's father did not understand as brian did.to add on brains dad did not get why the marriage ended and brian knew and his dad was clueless why him and his wife divorced there for brian got it because he was just thinking thru his head about all the fights they went thru so his mom filled for the divorce.

A first-person narrator tells the story. Usually this would mean that the reader gets full access to the thoughts and feelings of the narrator, but that is not entirely the case in this short story. We are not told how the narrator feels about the things that happen or the things other people say, “I tell him that my mother has put aside my grandmother’s ring for me and he inspects my face for clues as to how I feel about that”(p. 2, l. 46), but not even the reader gets to know how the narrator feels about that. The

The story is written in third person narrative. I feel the choice of narrative style is important, because it adds effect to the story to engage the reader.

It is in first person because it is narrated by the main character Huckleberry Finn. The narrator's perspective is that he likes to be on his own and not civilized. This is Huck’s perspective because in the book it says “ here weren’t no home like a raft. You feel mighty free and easy and comfortable on a raft.” This develops throughout the text by that in the beginning they are trying to get civilized but it was annoying to them. Then they run away and experience tragic things such as friends dying. Then they meet back at the raft and have a good