Best of Week: Point of View

This week in English, we focused a lot on different points of view in the novel "Life and Times of Michael K." Mr. Allen made the point that point of view is very important when writing stories and especially in "Life and Times of Michael K." I had never really worried too much about point of view in books before Mr. Allen talked about this. However, now I see that the point of view can really change a book and it's meaning. For example, Michael K couldn't narrate the book because the book is about the fact that Michael doesn't know what his life is about or his master narrative, therefore Michael could not be the narrarator and tell the story of his life. In Part II, there is a different point of view and it is written from a doctor's journal. This gave us different insights than Part I did because it is written by a different person. The idea that point of view greatly affects a story has made me consider my writing in a new way. I have never written a story from multiple different points of view. By discussing point of view in the depth that we did in class this week, I have been able to consider using different points of view in my writing and have learned how great writers incorporate point of view into their writing pieces. It also helped me expand my knowledge of different writing styles. By using different view points, readers are able to gather different pieces of information about the plot and characters as the story progresses. I will definitely consider point of view next time I write something.