Why I Live At The Po Point Of View

Every story has a narrator who presents the action from a particular point of view. The point of view determines who is telling the story, who it is about, and what information the reader is reading. Essentially, the point of view is the “eyes” through which a story is told. When determining point of view, it is important to know whether the events of the story are being interpreted by the author or by one of the characters. Also it is important to be able to understand and recognize voice and focus. There are four types of point of views the narrator can be, which are, third person limited, third person omniscient, third person objective or dramatic, and first person. Third person limited point of view is when the “a story in which the author
As the title suggests, the story is an apologia in which Sister attempts to explain why she has decided to live in the post office of the small town of China Grove, where she is postmistress. The first line of the story establishes the problem quite clearly: "I was getting along fine with Mama, Papa-Daddy and Uncle Rondo until my sister Stella-Rondo just separated from her husband and came back home again" (May). This story is told only from Sister’s point of view, and it portrays Stella as being spoiled and trying to turn everyone against her. “Thus, the plot of the story is minimal, even trivial. In fact, trivia is what seems to characterize this extended monologue, for it is difficult for the reader to take seriously any of the events of the story that Sister tells. The reader feels superior to the characters in the story, as is typical of comedy, because he or she can laugh at the foolishness of the values they embody” (May). The author uses a first person point of view to evoke a sense of sympathy from the