"Her First Ball " is told from the perspective of a third person narrator; this is the point of view. The third person narrator describes the sights and sounds of the ball in detail and this omniscient ("all knowing") narrator also gives the reader insight into Leila's thoughts and emotions as she attends her first ball. Therefore, the writer gives the reader a point of view that is over and above all the events in the story but the narrator can also...

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