In
literature and cinema, point of view refers to the perspective from which we see and hear the
action in a text. Generally, points of view are the first person, where an I narrates the
story; the second person where the narrative is addressed to a you; and the third person where
the narrator is a he, she, or a name. Third-person narratives can be omniscient, where an
unnamed, all-knowing narrator tells us the story. On the other hand, a third-person limited
narrative translates the story through one character's observational lens.
As
you can infer from these definitions, the point of view in s short story (1948) is first
person. The story is told from the point of view of Lauries mother and in her "I"
voice, so everything we are told is colored by her perceptions. In the passage below, I have
highlighted the first-person words to illustrate the perspective.
The day my son Laurie started kindergarten he renounced
corduroy overalls with bibs...
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