Point of view

  The point of view of a selection can take a major toll on it's effectiveness, even just in common everyday gossip. If Suzie and John win five hundred dollars on their Lotto Max ticket and they tell Johns mother. Then Johns mother tells her friend that John won the lottery it means something totally different than he just won a couple hundred. However, if John had been present to tell his own story to his mothers friend then there would have been no confusion. This just goes to show the power of the correct point of view. There a multiple types of point of view. There is first person, where the story is being told from the voice of a character who is/was present. Also there is second person point of view, which is when the narrator refers to "you", as if they are directly speaking to the audience. And finally there is third person limited and third person omniscient. The similarity between the two is that they both mean the story is being told from the voice of an outsider, somebody not connected or included in the story. But the difference between the two is the limited means that the narrator can only tell what is happening. He has no other details  to offer about the characters such as their thoughts or feelings. However, omniscient refers to someone who is all knowing. This means that the story is still told from an outsiders perspective but they know all the thoughts and feelings of the characters. Then they share it with the reader for better understanding of the plot and characters. All in all the optimal point of view is third person omniscient because it gives details that's help the reader understand the morals of the characters and their opinions toward the conflict that is going on in the story.