P.O.V & Mood

P.O.V
1. 1st Person
  1. where the narrator is a character in the story who describes things from his or her own perspective and refers to himself or herself as “I”
  2. PROS
    1. The reader can focus on that character’s thoughts and feelings throughout the story
    2. Author can develop the character's voice (personality)
    3. Reader can connect to that one character, formulate empathy and connections with that character
  3. CONS
    1. Readers only know the thoughts and feelings of that one character
    2. Readers only know the story’s plot through that character’s perspective, you don’t know how other characters react to important events in the story.
2. 2nd Person
  1. Second-person point of view, where the narrator is talking to the reader trying to explain something.
  2. PROS
    1. Readers can interact with the book
    2. Readers can be apart of the story and interact with the plot
    3. The narrator explains important information to you, like a conversation
  3. CONS
    1. The narrator may persuade you to feel a certain way about a topic or situation
3. 3rd Person
  1. 3rd Person Omniscient
    1. Third-person omniscient point of view, where the narrator is not one of the characters and is able to describe the experiences and thoughts of every character in the story.
    2. PROS
      1. Reader understands every character’s thoughts and feelings.
    3. CONS
      1. Sometimes the reader is given too much information about everyone, and it is hard for the reader to draw their own conclusions about characters
  2. 3rd Person Limited
    1. Third-person limited point of view, where the narrator is not a character in the story but the narrator can describe the experiences and thoughts of only one character in the story
    2. PROS
      1. Readers only get the thoughts or feelings of one or a few of the characters, not everyone so the information is very important
    3. CONS
      1. The reader is limited to only knowing the character’s thoughts and feelings of the characters the narrator/author WANTS you to know
      2. You don’t know why some characters did certain actions during the story.
  3. 3rd Person Objective
    1. Third-person objective point of view, where the narrator can only report what is seen NOT the thoughts or feelings of any of the characters. “Fly on the Wall”
    2. PROS
      1. Helps the reader make important inferences about how the character feels
      2. The reader is learning along with the author
      3. The author is telling us the story, “Story time for the reader”
    3. CONS
      1. The reader’s inferences may be wrong about the character
4. QUESTIONS TO THINK ABOUT
  1. Why is this point of view important to the story?
  2. Why did the author pick THIS point of view and not a different one?
  3. If the story was told from a different point of view, how would the PLOT change?
  4. How does changing the point of view change the story?
Mood
1. Mood is the feeling the reader gets from a work of literature.
2. Mood = Atmosphere
3. The mood can stay the same from beginning to the end of a text, OR it can change.
4. Authors create mood through...
  1. Imagery
  2. Dialogue
  3. Setting
  4. Word Choice
  5. Plot
5. Examples of moods are: calm, creepy, romantic, gloomy, or tense.
6. QUESTIONS TO THINK ABOUT
  1. What is the mood of the piece?
  2. Why do you think the author created this type of mood for the readers?
  3. If the mood was different, how would it affect the plot or theme?
The Stars Between Us
1. POV
  1. 1st Person P.O.V
    1. The narrator uses pronouns such as I, we, me, and us.
    2. "The fish body he's given me is made of photos too. There's a picture of Daniel gleefully eating his birthday cookies, and one of us playing Mario Kart the summer his parents got divorced" (Lewis 27)
    3. If the POV changed, then the story would change because we wouldn't symapthize as much with Alma. Any thougths or observations we get about her feeling sorry for her self, isolated, or beat down, would most likely be overruled by her mom's happiness about the town, and her best friend Daniel's love for her.
2. MOOD
  1. Beginning: Lonely
    1. SETTING
      1. The original plan was to stay for a few months, maybe through the summer. But school is still online and Mom's still working remotely, so now - almost winter- we're still here.
      2. Alma is away from all of her friends in a town she deosn't like, and is starting to feel very lonely and alone. This creates a feeling of isolation as she is not near her loved ones.
    2. DIALOGUE
      1. "I hate it here," I text Daniel. He texts me back a sad Baby Yoda. I don't respond.
      2. Alma is feeling ignored by her firneds, and thinks it is all because of her new house. She doesn't like having to text her best friend, instead of talking to him.
  2. End: Loved
    1. WORD CHOICE
      1. The tide is in now, and the house rocks gently from side to side. The stars are coming out too, like tiny houses in the sky flicking on their lights. I sit there for a long time, watching the glittering waves.
3. QUESTIONS TO THINK ABOUT
  1. What is the mood of the story?
  2. What is the POV of the story?
  3. If the POV of the tory as changed, how would to plot change?
  4. Can you prove it with textual evidence?
  5. How do word choice, setting, imagery, plot, and dialogue help create the mood?

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