POINT OF VIEW
1. OMNISCIENT
Weary in every limb, the ant tugged over the snow a piece of corn he had stored up last summer. It would taste mighty good at dinner tonight. A grasshopper, cold and hungry, looked on. He could bear it no longer. "Please, may I have a bite of corn?" "What were you doing all last summer?" asked the ant, looking the grasshopper up and down. He knew its kind. "I sang from dawn till dark," replied the grasshopper, happily unaware of what was coming next. "Well," said the ant, hardly bothering to conceal his contempt, "since you sang all summer, you can dance all winter."
2. LIMITED OMNISCIENT
MAJOR CHARACTER
MINOR CHARACTER
Weary in every limb, the ant tugged over the snow a piece of corn he had stored up last summer. It would taste mighty good at dinner tonight. It was then that he noticed the grasshopper, looking cold and pinched. A grasshopper, cold and hungry, looked on. Finally he could bear it no longer. "Please, friend ant, may I have a bite of corn?" "What were you doing all last summer?" asked the ant. He looked the grasshopper up and down. He knew its kind. "I sang from dawn till dark," replied the grasshopper, happily unaware of what was coming next. "Well," said the ant, hardly bothering to conceal his contempt, "since you sang all summer, you can dance all winter."
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3. FIRST PERSON
MAJOR CHARACTER
MINOR CHARACTER
Weary in every limb, I watched the ant tugging over the snow a piece of corn he had stored up last summer. My feelers twitched. Finally I could bear it no longer. "Please, friend ant," I asked, "may I have a bite of your corn?" He looked me up and down. "What were you doing all last summer?" he asked, rather too smugly it seemed to me. "I sang from dawn till dark," I said innocently, remembering the happy times. "Well," he said with a priggish sneer, "since you sang all summer, you can dance all winter."
4. OBJECTIVE
The ant tugged over the snow a piece of corn he had stored up last summer, perspiring in spite of the cold. A grasshopper, its feelers twitching, looked on. Finally he asked, "Please, friend ant, may I have a bite of corn?" The ant looked the grasshopper up and down. "What were you doing all last summer?" he snapped. "I sang from dawn till dark," replied the grasshopper, not changing his tone. "Well," said the ant, and a faint smile crept into his face, "since you sang all summer, you can dance all winter."
OBJECTIVE
Are events being interpreted by author or by a character?
Is the point of view consistent and fair?
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