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Comparing Tell-Tale Heart And Hill Like White Elephants

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This essay attempts to compare what point of view is more effective, third-person or first-person. Third-person is a type of writing, written from a third perspective, and uses the pronouns like he, she, it, or they. It differs from first-person, which uses pronouns such as I, and me. The narrator in "The Tell-Tale Heart" shares the story from his own, personal perspective. Hence, the story is told in a first-person point of view, by using personal pronouns such as I, my, and me. The narrator is able to tell his tale as only he can experience it. Which creates a personal connection with the reader. On the other hand, the third-person narrator in “Hill Like White Elephants” uses a fly on the wall technique, which doesn’t tell us what the characters are thinking, or how are significance. Aside from being ominous and extremely unclear, the usage of third-person perspective makes the reader confused, and uncertain on what is occurring in the story. …show more content…

In “The Tell-Tale Heart”, Edgar Allan Poe developed a relationship with the story. Poe’s tales carry a moral, that usually tends to be contained and intimate from the structural “unity of effect”, and the tale may react to respond to the cultural context in a certain way (375). The usage of first-person point of view develops an interest which makes the reader aware of the mentality of the characters, and the story itself. This development increases the empowerment of first-person perspective over third-person perspective. Authors who use first-point of view perspectives often give a reasonable personal judgment about their characters (752). It’s more realistic, seems natural, and deeper emotional

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