In all my years at Shawshank, there have been less than ten men whom I believed when they told me they were innocent. Andy Dufre
sne was one of them, although I only became convinced of his innocence over a period of years. If I had been on the jury that heard his case in Portland Superior Court over six stormy weeks in 1947-48, I would have voted to convinct, too. Source: King, Stephen. "Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption." Different Seasons. New York: Penguin Group, 1982. Google Books. Web. 16 May 2011. How does the point of view in the excerpt affect the characterization in the text? Characterization emphasizes action and dialogue through third-person point of view. Characterization occurs through the point of view of an all-seeing narrator who interprets and makes judgments. Characterization occurs through the potentially biased point of view of one character. The excerpt is lacking any definite point of view because the narrator is not identified.
<span>I am completely sure that correct option is: Characterization occurs through the point of view of an all-seeing narrator who interprets and makes judgments. As far as I remember, the narrator of this story is Red. The excerpt given above is his conclusion about Andy Dufresne's innocence.</span>
If the narrator of a fictional piece is not a character in the story, the statement about the narrator that is true is that the narrator speaks using an authorial voice.
