point of view essay
... Throughout the story, the author uses the third person omniscient point of view to describe the boys surroundings and to show us both what he and the other characters are thinking and what is happening around them. By using this point of view, the author is able to describe the setting of the story, give a detailed description of the characters, and make the theme visible. By using the third person omniscient point of view, the narrator can give us a detailed and unbiased description of his/her surroundings while still retaining part of the characters view of reality. When the narrator says "It was a wild-looking place, and there was no one there" we are given the mothers view of the boys beach, which in her opinion is "wild looking". ... By using the third person omniscient point of view, the narrator is able to render the characters with information related both from direct description and from the other characters revelations. ... I believe that if the writer would have used first person point of view, we would only perceive what that single character is experiencing, thus giving us a limited and one-sided view of the world.