Author's
Note: This is a Point of View piece for language arts class. Please comment on
organization.
In Give
Me Liberty, by L. M. Elliott, the point of view is the narrator telling us about Nathaniel.
"Nathaniel pressed his nose against the coarse linsey-woolsey of his
sleeve." (page 3) The narrator doesn't just tell us what is going on, at
the same time he shares with us Nathaniel's thoughts. "You are getting too
fond of this old man, Nathaniel warned himself." (page 81) This point of
view affects how we interpret the story because we know the truth of what's happening. One reason is because if Nathaniel was telling the story from his point of view, we
might miss some details depending on his opinion about things. For
example:" He unfairly charged me more money." That makes the reader believe Nathaniel. When in fact, there could be a perfectly good reason he was being charged more. The narrator tells the truth about what's going on while including
how Nathaniel feels. "On the way home, Ben was flushed and excited.
Nathaniel did like Ben. He worried for him." (page 104)
As for organization, your use of text evidence is overshadowing and confusing your own ideas. First write your topic sentence and give some background. Then use text evidence, followed by an explanation (in your words) or what that evidence tells us.
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