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racegirl
racegirl
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High School - 12th Grade

What is the point of view of the narrator in the novel "The Old Man and the Sea"?

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Posted by racegirl on Thursday November 8, 2007 at 7:05 AM and tagged with point of view, the old man and the sea.

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  1. bmadnick Teacher
    High School - 11th Grade

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    The point of view is third person omniscient. Third person means a narrator who isn't a character in the story is telling the story. Omniscient, meaning "all-knowing", is when the narrator knows what many or all of the characters are thinking and feeling. This type of narration gives the reader a broader view of all the characters, not just one.

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    Posted by bmadnick on Thursday November 8, 2007 at 7:33 AM


  2. arjun Teacher
    College - Senior

    The narrator is a story teller.In novel everything is in the hand of the story teller and characters seem to be slave where as in drama the characters are let discuss freely and they are responsible of their actions.Drama is performd on the stage where as the novel is not.First of it ,it is dramatized and then is performed.So the narrator is always present there and tells the story.He is known the third person.So everything is to his approach.

    This literary genre is very fruitful while travelling because one

    gets a lot entertainment and instruction besides makes his 

    travelling easier.So he narrates all characters with great spirit and technique.The reader understands every thing easily,that`s why this form has got a lot popularity and fame.

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    Posted by arjun on Sunday December 9, 2007 at 7:39 PM