Question

Which statement best describes a change in perspective in a story? It is when a story’s setting changes from day to night. It is when a story’s setting changes from one place to another. It is when a story’s narrator changes from one topic to another. It is when a story’s narration changes from one character to another.

Answer 1

I think its when a narrator changes from one topic to another

Answer 2

The correct answer is: It is when a story’s narration changes from one character to another.

Indeed, characters are representation of people and as archetypes they represent the diversity of people in their outlook of existence. Different characters have different contexts, origins, backgrounds and motivations and that reflects in their narrations. A good example is the novel Wuthering Heights, where Mr. Lockwood (the first narrator of the story) is an educated English gentleman who has a very different style and background from Nelly Dean, the second narrator who is just a simple house servant.