Person

__Shifts in Person:__
In grammar, the person is the subject of the sentence. There is the person speaking, the person being spoken to, and the person being spoken about. Depending on the role of which the narrator plays in the novel the readers views of the novel can change or persuaded. If you changed the narrator of many stories the entire meaning of the novel may be misinterpreted. For example, when approaching the novel //To Kill a Mocking Bird// it is hard to not feel emotional about text. One of the reasons is that the crude story of a prejudice act of a community is told through the eyes of a young girl. If this story was told through the view of the discriminate jury the reader would most diffidently have different feelings toward the text. In the novel //Moby Dick// the narrator leaves the novel in the middle for a very important reason. Ishmael, the narrator, can tell the story but lacks the knowledge that the reader needs to know to get a better understanding of the novel. When Ishmael leaves the novel an anonymous narrator takes over and gives a few chapters worth of historical background. This brings greater meaning to the novel.

“The man yelled at me,” said the **little girl**. “The man yelled at me,” said the **old woman**. “The man yelled at me,” said the **man**. This shows how much of a difference the narrator can make in a statement or even novel.
 * Examples:**

First Person: (I, we) ex. I was taking a test during second period.

Second Person: (you) ex. You can take the remaining stories an read them.

Third Preson: (he, she, they) ex. They are going to visit colleges to see which better suits them.



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