Friday, September 30, 2011

What is point of view in Carver's "Neighbors"?

The speaker of Raymond Carver's "Neighbors," a story with a theme that it is not appropriate to spy on other people's belongings or intrude on other's property when one has permission, but is not admirable to do, is an unnamed observer whose attention is focused on Bill Miller, the major character, and his wife Arlene. The point of view is thus third-person limited. This is discovered early on in the narrative when the speaker discusses objective and factual things about the Millers, but is also able to tell what is happening in Bill Miller's mind. This characteristic of the point of view of third-person limited.

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