The story is told in the third-person limited omniscient
point of view, for the narrator constantly transmits things to us exactly as Granny
perceives and remembers them, almost literally in Granny’s words. Thus, for example, we
learn of Granny’s great concern for Hapsy (paragraphs 41, 50, 57, 60), a favorite
daughter whom Granny apparently expects to appear. But the narration does not tell us
that Hapsy is present, and from this, together with Granny’s vague memories, we are led
to conclude that Hapsy died many years before, as a young woman, in childbirth. Briefly,
therefore, because the narrator allows us to share everything going on in Granny’s mind,
we see both the surfaces and depths of Granny’s character.
Sunday, May 15, 2011
Analyze the point of view of the story.
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