The choice of narrator, especially a first-person narrator, affects the
plot because a first-person narrator's knowledge is limited to what that
person is present to see and hear. We can't know what anyone else is
thinking and much action is left out because the narrator may not have
seen or heard it. That information must be conveyed through dialogue
with other characters. In this excerpt, using a different point of view
or choosing a different first-person narrator would change the
information we receive. For example, Sam or Patrick would probably not
feel like being in their own house was like being "someplace better,"
and the impression we are given of the parents would also be affected.
