POINT OF VIEW EXAMPLES

Definition: Point of View refers to the person who is telling the story. Most commonly stories are written from the 1st person narrator or the 3rd person narrator point of view.

The Wizard of Oz: The Wizard of Oz is told from the 3rd person narrator point of view. This means that the one telling the story knows all things about the characters, including how they feel, what they think, and what they might have done in secret.

Examples of 3rd Person Narrator (quotes from the story):

NOTE: words showing that the author knows thoughts and feelings are highlighted in blue.

1.  “Although Dorothy was outwardly polite, in her heart she actually hated that mean old neighbor. She was afraid that woman might harm Toto” (p. 39). (Mobile) (Flash)

2.  “Dorothy had thought of running away from home because she felt she did not really fit in on the farm. She knew Auntie Em loved her, but she still felt like a stranger out here in the countryside, and longed to be someplace that had no real problems, someplace ‘over the rainbow’ where the sky was always blue. She thought she could solve her loneliness by going to a different place”  (p. 96). (Mobile) (Flash)

3. “Upon meeting her three new friends, the Tin Man, the Lion, and the Scarecrow, Dorothy began to think perhaps her own problems were not so bad after all. Perhaps the solution had been right in front of her all the time. For the first time, she missed the farm and felt a little lonely and afraid” (p. 156). (Mobile) (Flash)