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From: HUMMINGRK at aol.com <HUMMINGRK>
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1998 13:29:05 EST
In a message dated 98 12:31:18 EST, Megan Schliesman wrote:
<<So I'm wondering not only what people think about the effectiveness of point of view in books we have already mentioned but also what are other books in which you find point of view is used to great effect.>>
Walk Two Moons, by Sharon Creech, used Sal's viewpoint to create a mystery
(what really happened to her mother?) and to make the reader connect with Sal's emotions. I have heard that Ms. Creech changed the point of view in the finished version of the book from an earlier draft that used Sal's friend Phoebe as the main character.
An omniscient viewpoint creates a fairytale world when used in The Moorchild, by Eloise McGraw. The book reminded me in some ways of two classics written in the 19th century by George MacDonald: The Princess and the Goblin, and At the Back of the North Wind.
I keep thinking of books that use point of veiw effectively. Can anyone think of books that fail because viewpoint is mishandled?
Once a book is on the shelf, it's easy to analyse the author's selection of point of view. From the writer's "moccasins" however, the choice is not so clear.
Lee Sullivan Hill
Received on Mon 16 Nov 1998 12:29:05 PM CST
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1998 13:29:05 EST
In a message dated 98 12:31:18 EST, Megan Schliesman wrote:
<<So I'm wondering not only what people think about the effectiveness of point of view in books we have already mentioned but also what are other books in which you find point of view is used to great effect.>>
Walk Two Moons, by Sharon Creech, used Sal's viewpoint to create a mystery
(what really happened to her mother?) and to make the reader connect with Sal's emotions. I have heard that Ms. Creech changed the point of view in the finished version of the book from an earlier draft that used Sal's friend Phoebe as the main character.
An omniscient viewpoint creates a fairytale world when used in The Moorchild, by Eloise McGraw. The book reminded me in some ways of two classics written in the 19th century by George MacDonald: The Princess and the Goblin, and At the Back of the North Wind.
I keep thinking of books that use point of veiw effectively. Can anyone think of books that fail because viewpoint is mishandled?
Once a book is on the shelf, it's easy to analyse the author's selection of point of view. From the writer's "moccasins" however, the choice is not so clear.
Lee Sullivan Hill
Received on Mon 16 Nov 1998 12:29:05 PM CST
