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\f0\b\fs24 \cf0 Writing: First, choose one then write a short statement from the point of view of another character within the story.
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Nuggy: Once the trailer stopped after our thirty-one mile ride, both of us were extremely messed up--I more than him. When the sheriffs talked about the flood knocking my pants off, I had nothing to say. I couldn't tell them what had been happening in that trailer before we began riding off in the water. It was actually not easy for me to stay quiet, but for my own sake, I stayed quiet and did my best to avoid any conversation about the subject. \
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\b Then choose a story we have already read and analyze how point of view contributes to the story's overall meaning. Make this NO MORE than two pages. Incorporate at least two quotations and {\field{\*\fldinst{HYPERLINK "http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/557/02/"}}{\fldrslt \cf2 \ul \ulc2 cite them}}.\

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	"The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman is a story about a woman who eventually loses her mind in a room she was sent to by her husband in order to cure her illness. The narration is done in first person point of view by the sick woman. This way of telling the story contributes to making the story more personal. Readers are able to know the inner feelings and thoughts of the narrator as they read. Also, the first person point of view allows the story to feel more realistic and believable. \
	We are not acknowledged of her name, but we know that the ill woman and wife is telling the story. She begins the story describing the situation she is in: she and her husband are at a colonial mansion, which is rare for them, in order to heal her illness. Readers are told that the husband, John, is "a physician" (Gilman, 1). However, she writes that she isn't allowed to write, but finds pleasure in writing and "having to be so sly about it, or else meet with heavy opposition" (1). When she tells readers these little yet effective thoughts about the situation right away, it allows a form of conversation to form in the story. Although the story is written, readers could almost 
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\i0  the story being told and the author telling this story face to face. \
	As the story progresses, it is obvious the narrator starts going insane, involving herself a bit too much with the woman she sees in the yellow wallpaper. She writes that the "the dim shapes get clearer every day" on the wallpaper and that it is "like a woman stooping down and creeping about behind that pattern" (8). This first person point of view creates a closer relationship between the readers and the author/narrator. It is questionable whether or not the woman is a reliable narrator, considering the fact that she is going crazy. However, either way, readers are engaged to this woman's nonsense that she constantly pushes against her husband's assumptions. \
	When a story is told in first person point of view, it generates an automatic trust to the narrator because the whole point of writing in first person is trying to make it seem as if the author really is the narrator (although it isn't always true). When using this method of writing, it enhances the meaning of the story that the author intends to write about. Usually, the first person point of view makes the story more personal, and able to relate to. }