Authors use different points of views to decide who is telling the story and what audience the story is being told to. The short story “They’re made of Meat” talks about the alien encounter of meat, which represents humans, and the fear of the unknown. Terry Bisson uses a humorous approach and a limited point of view to tell this story. She formats the story in a unique way to show the reader a limited point of view and different perspectives. Some points of view can limit information that a reader is reading about. Terry uses a limitation in the beginning of her story. She begins with a conversation between 2 speakers that are talking about meat. “‘They’re made out of meat.’ Meat?’” (Bisson 1). Opening the story with this allows the reader