Protagonists, who you presumably travel along-side in the novel, should be memorable.One way to accomplish the feat of making written words feel like an actual person is to enter their perspective. This is done with great finesse and skill, entering the thoughts and feelings of a young Southern boy, Bayard Sartoris. The first sentence reads, “Behind the smokehouse that summer, Ringo and I has a living map.” Notice that the protagonist refers to himself as “I” and the group of the characters as “we” including himself in the bunch. This is a tell-tale sign of the first-person point of view, but it also explains why the novel appeals to readers. It makes readers emotionally attached to the protagonist to a greater extent, which everyone knows,