I've noticed that usually the best stories are written from a third person POV, and also noticed that sometimes the author likes to switch it up a bit and change POV from 3rd to 1st or something of the like. In the short story about the girl stuck in the mud, which I can't remember the title of, it really annoyed me how the author just kept switching POV. It seemed every other paragraph was a switch, which is much, much too frequent, I think, to be an enjoyable story. The 1st person POV wasn't even that necessary to to the story, and again, it was increasingly irksome that it would change so rapidly throughout the story. Well, there's my weekly rant-I'm sure there shall be another next week.
~Charles
Charles, your purpose here is not to evaluate the stories of say what you liked or didn't like. It's to try to understand them and how they are using different elements. Your need to be critical when reading is, ironically, preventing you from reading critically because you jump to critique before you read for purpose. Why does Allende use point of view in the way that she does in "And of Clay"? What might her purpose be? What effect is she creating with this choice besides irritating you?
ReplyDeleteevaluate the stories *or* say what you liked...
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