Featuring the Three Little Pigs and the Big Bad Wolf

Point of View

Point of ViewPoint of view is the

way in which an author reveals characters, events, and ideas in telling a story.

In other words, it’s the vantage point from which a story is told.

First Person Point of ViewIf the speaker or

narrator of a story is telling things from his or her perspective, it is called first person point of view.

Usually the speaker or narrator uses the pronoun I. This is a sign of first person point of view.

Third Person Point of ViewIf the narrator or speaker of a story is

telling things from the perspective of an onlooker, it is called third person point of view.If the speaker is unable to know what is in

any character’s mind but his or her own, this is called limited view.

If the speaker is able to know the thoughts and feelings of other characters, then the speaker is omniscient (all knowing).

An unreliable narrator is a narrator who in some way distorts the truth. A first person narrator is usually unreliable because only one side of the story is being told.

Unreliable Narrator

Everybody knows “The Storyof the Three Little Pigs” byJoseph Jacobs. It’s a storywritten to make the wolf looklike a bad guy. In 1989, JonScieska wrote The True Storyof the 3 Little Pigs! to clear

upany misunderstanding aboutwho the real villain of thestory was. Both tell the samestory, but from a differentpoint of view. How does thepoint of view affect hemeaning of the story? Readto find out.

Using the Venn Diagram, list some traits of each story, noting what they have in common.