How First Person Point Of View Helps Develop A Character Have you ever been in someone's head? The authors of “ The George’s And The Jewels” and “ Black Beauty”: The Autobiography of a Horse” take you through different feelings as if you were experiencing them yourself. Both Jane Smiley and Anna Sewell use the first-person point of view to develop a character in the texts. In The Georges and the Jewels, the author uses the first person to express the feelings of the narrator, who is a human. Abby, the narrator, gets knocked off the horse. She states “... you might lie there, as I did, with the wind knocked out of you and think about how nice it would be not to get back on because that horse is just dedicated to bucking you off (Smiley, par.
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Since Black Beauty the horse is telling the story himself, we get to see things how he sees them. This means we hear his thoughts and feelings, which makes us feel closer to him. When Beauty talks about how he's treated, we feel what he's going through. This way of telling the story makes Black Beauty seem real, like a person telling another person about his life. Also because the story is told by Black Beauty we get to know him better as a character we see what he likes and what he doesn't like When Beauty talks about the people who take care of him or the unfair things that happen to horses we learn about his personality Like getting to know someone better by hearing their thoughts and experiences. This makes Black Beauty feel like a fully developed character, and it helps us connect with him even more as we read his story. In "The Georges and the Jewels" and "Black Beauty: The Autobiography of a Horse," the authors use a first-person point of view to place readers into the character's thoughts and emotions, letting us experience them as if we were right there with them. Jane Smiley and Anna Sewell bring their characters to life by sharing their thoughts, beliefs and feelings. By putting us in the characters' heads, these authors show us the world through their eyes by making a connection between the characters and the
Since Black Beauty the horse is telling the story himself, we get to see things how he sees them. This means we hear his thoughts and feelings, which makes us feel closer to him. When Beauty talks about how he's treated, we feel what he's going through. This way of telling the story makes Black Beauty seem real, like a person telling another person about his life. Also because the story is told by Black Beauty we get to know him better as a character we see what he likes and what he doesn't like When Beauty talks about the people who take care of him or the unfair things that happen to horses we learn about his personality Like getting to know someone better by hearing their thoughts and experiences. This makes Black Beauty feel like a fully developed character, and it helps us connect with him even more as we read his story. In "The Georges and the Jewels" and "Black Beauty: The Autobiography of a Horse," the authors use a first-person point of view to place readers into the character's thoughts and emotions, letting us experience them as if we were right there with them. Jane Smiley and Anna Sewell bring their characters to life by sharing their thoughts, beliefs and feelings. By putting us in the characters' heads, these authors show us the world through their eyes by making a connection between the characters and the