The Wife Of His Youth Perspective Analysis

Perspective is how a person sees things, which affects how a story is told. The perspective in Realistic texts such as, "The Wife of His Youth" and "A True Story, Repeated Word for Word as I Heard It", are very important for the feeling of the story because it gives the story context and also a realistic feel. It is important to show perspective through a character who sees things in their own particular way. The perspective in these texts explains the time period that these characters lived in, and the dialect they are used to hearing. The perspective in "The Wife of His Youth" for example, is most noticeable between two different characters, especially in the dialect of Mr. Ryder and Mrs. Dixon. Mr. Ryder is a member of The Blue Veins …show more content…
The perspective in this text portrays the different dialect spoken during this time period. It shows how southern people were portrayed to talk, and how African-Americans were portrayed to talk. The white people in the story talked as if they were still in the Antebellum era. “'Well, what air yer gwine ter do about it? Ef you fellers air gwine ter set down an' let a wuthless Nigger kill the bes' white man in Branson, an' not say nuthin' ner do nuthin', I'll move outen the caounty’” (Chesnutt 11). The people were undeniably racist, and it is shown in the way that they talked, and the way they are portraying their hatred for people of the opposite race. The dialect they are speaking is not educated, but it is still more recognisable than Sam’s dialect. This shows that the people who arrested Sam were not educated, and only arrested him out of ignorance, or their own empty-headiness. The way African-Americans are portrayed in “The Sheriff’s Children” on the other hand is as uneducated. “‘Shurff, dey gwine ter hang de pris'ner w'at's lock' up in de jail. Dey 're comin' dis a-way now. I wuz layin' down on a sack er corn down at de sto', behine a pile er flour-bairls, w'en I hearn Doc' Cain en Kunnel Wright talkin' erbout it. I slip' outen de back do', en run here as fas' as I could. I hearn …show more content…
The dialect is portrayed as being the correct vernacular spoken during the time, according to the authors. The people have different sounding words and accents they would have actually spoken with. This is important for Realism texts such as these, because it shows off the vibe that would have actually been giving during these times with the different dialects spoken during this time. Without perspective, stories such as these Realistic texts would be incomplete. It gives the story context, and gives the story