The first person point of view in “Night Women” by Edwidge Danticat creates an immediate intimate connection to the protagonist. Right away the audience can begin to the experience what is inside the protagonist’s head; a direct link between protagonist and the audience. For example, the audience know how much the narrator loves her child by the way she describes his sleeping habits. She already has an excuse in case her son wakes up early, telling him “that his father has come, that an angel brought him back from Heaven for a while.” The first person point of view shows how much her life revolves around her son and maintaining his innocence. She doesn’t even wants to teach him about love because “love is one of those lessons that you grow
