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TESTIMONIAL BY EDWIDGE DANTICAT 1994
What effect does the story's timeline have on the text's overall meaning?
• The story's timeframe influences the overall meaning because the story's location and timeline make sense. In the past, there were many cult-like groups and superstitions, and their actions were frequently met with harsh consequences. The story's date and setting feel more realistic to the culture of the time.
How does the appearance of the old blind woman at the mother's prison cell affect the narrator?
• The elderly blind woman's arrival at the mother's jail call affects the narrator by recalling happy memories of her mother. But the narrator wanted to go, but she kept failing because the elderly blind lady continued questioning her anytime, she tried to step back or leave.
We determine a story's point of view by the narrator's position through describing settings and events.
The first-person point of view is used when a character tells the story. They use the word "I" to describe what is happening. They can write about the feelings and reactions to events that unfold from their point of view.
Example: I woke up late and missed the bus to school.
Stories written from the second-person point of view is when a story is told to you. This one is common in nonfiction writing.
Example: You are reading the descriptions of different points of view found in writing.
Third-person stories are written by a narrator who is not part of the story. "He", "she", and/or "it" are used to describe characters in the story. The narrator may only know what one character knows (limited), what a few characters know (multiple) or what all characters know (omniscient).
A narrator who is also in the story is telling the story from the first-person point of view. They're putting themselves in the story.
