Sweet Potato Pie: Point of View
Wednesday, February 27, 2013 @ 6:07 PM | 0 notes

1. What point of view does the story use? Is the story told from a first-person perspective, in which the narrator is one of the characters in the story, and refers to himself or herself as “I”? Or is the story told from a third-person perspective, in which the narrator is not one of the characters in the story or may not participate in the events of the story?

            This story is a first-person perspective.

2. What are the advantages of the chosen point of view? Does it furnish any clues as to the purpose of the story?
            He can tell his feeling toward the readers.

3. is the narrator reliable or unreliable? Does he/she have a limited knowledge or understanding of characters and events in the story? Does the narrator know almost everything about one character or every character, including inner thoughts?
            He understands the characters every well. He knows how Buddy's brother is, but not the feelings or thoughts.

4. Does the author use point of view primarily to reveal or conceal? Does he ever unfairly withhold important information known to the focal character?
            He told the readers everything he thinks that it is related to Buddy.