Point of view narration enables for readers to comprehend a varied perception which surrounds the narrative. This is done through either observing the main character in 3rd person, or experiencing the encounters of the main characters in 1st person. In Edwidge Danticacs short story “Children of the sea”, the narrative theory point of view is demonstrated through the constant shifting between two anonymous lovers in the form of love letters written to one another. Although these letters are not verily exchanged, it is almost as if they are journal entries confessing their love for one another, as well as their outlook towards their current situation. This is an effective approach, as it allows readers to understand the characters through each
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More so, this allows for a more immediate connection between the reader and character/s. As the reader is able to experience being inside the protagonists mind from within, hence there is a direct link between both the reader and the protagonist. In addition, emotions therefore aren’t filtered or lost through the distance that happened when been told through third person narrator, instead the emotions happen within the moment and as the protagonist feels them/tells them exactly. As the protagonist reveals their thoughts and fears to the reader, as exemplified by the characters in Children of the sea, an instant warm attachment is formed between the two (reader and character). It is now, as if the protagonist is finding a form of comfort with the reader, telling them their deepest secrets. Besides, when both the narrator and the character are internal, then the story becomes a personal recollection of emotions, memories and events. Point of view narrative is excessively used in children of the sea, allowing the reader to view the story firsthand through the eyes of both the male and female characters. As a positive result, the reader in this case becomes emotionally involved in the story and no longer has limited perspective or understanding
More so, this allows for a more immediate connection between the reader and character/s. As the reader is able to experience being inside the protagonists mind from within, hence there is a direct link between both the reader and the protagonist. In addition, emotions therefore aren’t filtered or lost through the distance that happened when been told through third person narrator, instead the emotions happen within the moment and as the protagonist feels them/tells them exactly. As the protagonist reveals their thoughts and fears to the reader, as exemplified by the characters in Children of the sea, an instant warm attachment is formed between the two (reader and character). It is now, as if the protagonist is finding a form of comfort with the reader, telling them their deepest secrets. Besides, when both the narrator and the character are internal, then the story becomes a personal recollection of emotions, memories and events. Point of view narrative is excessively used in children of the sea, allowing the reader to view the story firsthand through the eyes of both the male and female characters. As a positive result, the reader in this case becomes emotionally involved in the story and no longer has limited perspective or understanding