Considering Character Perspective

Considering Character Perspective Name/Date/Hour:

1 Character perspective can be defined as: the unique way characters see, feel, react and think about what happens to them and around them.

2 Writers use perspective to create: drama, tension, anxiety, humor and romance.

3 The drama created by character perspective makes: historical events seem more realistic and life-like to the reader.

Directions: Explain each character’s perspective on the events described below.

Event Sarny’s Nightjohn’s Mammy’s Old Waller’s Perspective Perspective Perspective Perspective Alice being whipped for wandering too close to the white house

Sarny learning how to read