ENG100 Discussion. Read the story of Flannery O’Connor’s “A Good Man Is Hard to Find”

Point of View, Character, and Theme

Your response of at least 200 words

Prompt:

Develop a response to the following:

Identify the point of view used in the narration of the story.
Provide a specific example from the story to illustrate your argument.
Discuss how this perspective affects your reading and interpretation of the story.
Consider how a different type of narration might alter the effect of the story.

Point of view refers to the perspective from which the story is narrated.

First person: In first person, the story is told from the perspective of the narrator, using first-person pronouns. (“We are driving off the bridge!” I screamed.)
Second person: This is not commonly used. In second person, the narrator addresses the reader as “you,” which gives the audience the feeling that they are a part of the story. (Example: As you drive off the bridge, you scream, but no one hears you.)
Third person: The story is told using third-person pronouns (“The car is driving off the bridge!” he shouted), and the narrator is either godlike in the ability to see and know everything (third-person omniscient) or not all-knowing with knowledge limited to the perspective of only one character (third-person limited).