POV Analysis Examples

Document 1

Example 1:

“As a health reformer, Edwin Chadwick is motivated to focus on the poor living conditions of residents in industrial cities. He wants to bring attention to the need for changing living conditions in such environments, so he accentuates the negative in his official report. In addition, a report such as this would likely be meant to influence the English government to carry out his desired health reforms, so Chadwick’s report must be persuasive by highlighting the squalor of an industrial city.”

Document 2

Example 1:

“Flora Tristan is a socialist, so that means that she is concerned with improving the welfare of workers. Therefore, it makes sense that her writing emphasizes the darker side of industrialization – in particular the poor treatment of workers on the job as well as their miserable living conditions.”

Example 2:

“ The information provided by Tristan about the working and living conditions in Manchester is likely credible considering she wrote this in her personal journal. Personal journals, like a diary, are meant to be read only by the author and not the general public. Because of this, she would have little reason to exaggerate the conditions of Manchester’s working class.”