A story’s perspective, or point of view, has a large impact on the feel and tone of the story. Many different points of view have been used, creating unique ways that stories are understood. One of perhaps the most unique points of view, for a novel, is found in the book The Book Thief. The book was written from the point of view of Death. This provided a new and enlightening perspective in which to see the book. The book The Free Man by Conrad Richter was a little more orthodox in its use of point of view. The story was told in third person but from the perspective of Henner Free, a young man in colonial Pennsylvania. This story, being told in third person, doesn’t go into much detail of what Henner is thinking or feeling, most of this
