Monday, January 31, 2011
Elements of a short story
In this lesson, i learnt first and third person's uses and effects so as to better use them in my future narrative stories. First person's perspective can be used to make readers feel how that narrator is thinking, his mental changes. Whereas third person is able to describe things in more detail and also go from multiple perspectives. Also, when the narrator is not very trust-worthy, i learnt that his or her judgments of other character may not be correct and reliable. When the narrator is far away from the entire incident or main event, it will make readers feel it's from a outsider's points of view.
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First person shows how the narrator thinks or feels about a certain topic. Therefore, first person is more likely to be used when you want the reader to feel and think in the perspective of 1 person only, the narrator. It can be used to create suspense also. However, for 3rd person, the reader can read all the thoughts of all the characters,good or bad, and hence, 3rd person is usually used when you want the reader to see in multiple perspectives and let the reader decide who is correct, who is wrong, who is good, who is bad.
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