Perspective

Perspective – the point of view from which the story is told, whether it be by the narrator or a character in the novel. These are the two types of perspective that are most commonly used in literature: Examples from “Heat and Dust” “I don’t remember Douglas at all-“Pg. 1 The first paragraph of the novel, the reader has the impression that the story is told through a 3rd person perspective, as the narrator does not refers to her grandmother as another character, Tessie. But the perspective is actually in the first person as the narrator refers to herself in the first person, thus is a character in the novel Olivia’s perspective is shown through her letters that the narrator is interpreting. Therefore, the novel is told from a 1st person perspective, but is also describing Olivia’s perspective as well as the narrator’s perspective.
 * 1) 1st person – the narrator is a character in the story, thus gives bias or withholds information based on his own perspective.
 * 1) 3rd person – also known as the “third person omniscient” perspective. This is when the narrator is not included in the actual content of the story but knows all the facts, the thoughts of characters, everything that happens in the story.
 * 1)  “Shortly after Olivia went away with the Nawab, Beth Crawford returned from Simla. This was in September, 1923. Beth had to go down to Bombay to meet the boat on which her sister Tessie was arriving.” Pg.1.
 * 1) “Olivia first me the Nawab at a dinner party he gave in his palace at Khatm. She had by that time been in Satipur for several months and was already beginning to get bored” Pg. 14