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Analysis Of Third Person Omniscient: The Book Thief

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1. The book that I chose that is in third person omniscient was the Book Thief which was written by Markus Zusak and was published in 2005. This is a great novel that is about the life of Liesel Meminger who is a nine year old girl living in Germany during World War II. This story is actually narrated by a being who identifies himself as death, which is quite an unusual concept that allows distance from the main events of the book. “Death” is essentially a third person omniscient narrator because he is basically immortal and all knowing, and also because he found Liesel’s book he knows what she is thinking and feeling. The type of point of view is great for a reader because we are able to understand how the characters are thinking and feeling, …show more content…

The next book I chose for the point of view of limited omniscient was the first book in the Harry Potter series Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling. This novel is about a young wizard who discovers his magical heritage, and makes friends and even enemies in his first year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. This type of point of view is where the narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of only one character in the story. Just like a first person narrator, this type of point of view gives you a strong understanding of the main character and helps the reader to really relate to them. This method really makes it easy for a reader to really get to know one specific character in the story. For first person point of view I chose The Polar Express which was written and illustrated Chris Allsburg and was published in 1985. This story follows a boy’s adventure on a magical train in the middle of the …show more content…

You know this when you see the use of “I”. This point of view is great for a reader because it allows you understand the story through the eyes of the narrator and gives you a great sense of the character’s voice and personality. And the last point of view is shifting and the book I picked as an example was Voices in the Park by Anthony Browne. This is a unique story about four different voices as they tell their own versions of the same walk in the park. Shifting allows the reader to see events from different character’s points of view, but is still written in the first person. This style is great because it lets readers get to know multiple characters personalities and voices. This point of view also gives a story a little more depth. In my opinion each one of these writing styles allow you to really get to know characters within the story, some allow this more than others.
2. A progressive plot is the chronological structure which first establishes the setting and conflict, then follows the rising action through to a climax. A great example of this type of plot is The Paper Bag Princess by Robert Munsch with illustrations by Michael Martchenko. The conflict is identified early in the story and it concluded

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