A Different Point Of View

Authors Note: In this piece I will explain how different point of views affects the reader and how the story would change if it was told from a different character in the story.

Books are only told from one point of view either from the first person or from  the third person. And we wonder how other characters in the book feel from their point of view. The book Dark Secrets By Elizabeth Chandler has a first person point of view and it’s about how Laura, the main character is going through a hard time after her mom died and she feels like the only people she has left in her life which were her aunt and her 2 cousins were  going against her and making her feel she’s all alone. This book can be told from many different point of views from different characters.

The point of view is originally told from the main character and how they see the story through their eyes. Just like Laura and how it was told from her point of view. She felt as one of her cousins was responsible for  murdering her mother  and she knew that there was something going on and she didn’t know about. She started to see how everyone was being unusual in front of her and that affected her to act a little strange which caused her aunt and cousins to think that she was going crazy. But this would change if it was told from another point of view.

From a different point of view you can see how the characters see the story. For example Laura’s cousin would see Laura going a little crazy and not acting like herself , they thought she was the one that needed help. Not only that but they thought that she wasn’t over her mother’s murder . They would also think that she was seeing things and imaging things because she would receive these notes that would scare her way to much that made her starting to act different and she got an to an accident and thought that  someone was there out to kill her but it was just something on the road that made her car go off and hit the side of the road.

Mostly books are told from the main character point of view. But, when the readers are reading books they also have a point of view. When they are reading a book that has a twist in it the readers think that the one person is better than the other since It’s based on the characters point of view. that’s why in most books the main character has only their point of view and that’s why the readers would have the same point of view as the main character in the book.

Any book you read there can many different point of view from the different character in the book and since most of the book have the main character as the person telling the story that’s affects the reader also because they have the same point of view as the main character in the book. Just how the readers would feel if they read Dark Secrets. 

Was He The Slave Or The Son?

Author’s Note: The book Child Called It is based on a true story by Dave Pelzer, is about a young boy who would get abused by his mother for every mistake he would commit. And I will compare this story to real life and also what this story reminds me of. 

The story The Child Called It by Dave Pelzer is about a young boy named Dave, who would get a abused by his mother for every little mistake he would make. Dave would not eat for days and wouldn’t get any proper sleep and even worse he never experienced how it feels to have a mother love you. This book is based off a true story and this story relates to many people around the world that has experienced the same pain Dave went  through during his childhood..

Many kids around the world experienced  similar things to what Dave had to go through. Dave’s mom treated him more like a slave than a son. For example, when Dave would be in the kitchen doing the dished and took a little break and his mom found out that he stopped for a little bit his mom would keep hitting him until he started it again. Also,  Dave got punished when he would he would try to steal food from the store because his mom would never feed him food because he was always bad, but if he was good the only food he would receive were the  left overs . Dave’s mom had him sleep on a old wood floor with no blanket he wouldn't get any proper sleep in days.

Even though Dave was just a little kid, he got treated by his mother the way that people would treat their slaves. There’re slavery that still goes on around today too. Just like Dave, slaves were forced to do certain task that would be painful and not flattering to them. If they would try to do something sneaky they would get punished for it. Also, slaves would have to sleep in one small shack with no beds or furniture.

Not only does this book remind me of slaves , but also, the teenagers even today who get bullied and beat up all the time. Since Dave couldn’t tell anyone how he would get all these bruises and scratches his body it’s just how teenagers  are today and how they don’t feel comfortable to talking to anyone about what they are going through and feel like they are all alone. Some days Dave thought he would be gone someday and was just wanted  to get it over with it. Even with the teenagers today they just want to finish their life by doing something horrible to them so they won’t go through any bullying or hate they receive.

 Dave was just a little kid when he experienced all of this and this is  about the same troubles slaves have gone through during the 1800. Not only did he get pain physically but even emotionally too, he never understood the feeling of having a mother love you. Therefore,  he had to do some crazy things in order to survive or something to get rid of some of the pain he would get.Just like all of those other people had to do who has been in similar situations like Dave. 

Compare & Contrast

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   Dave
   1.  Dave gets beaten up every day by his mom
   2.       Dave’s moms make him to terrible chores that make him feel  horrible and in a bad condition
   3.       His mom doesn’t serve him proper food only left over and that is only when he is good
   
   
   Kids Today
   1.       Today moms treats kids with love and respect 
   2.       Today mom’s  make kids do chores but they are reasonable and they get paid for it
   3.       The moms today would make dinner for the whole family and make food for their kids if  they are hungry 
   
   
   
   
   
   
   Both
   1.  There are some kids that are still child abused till this day
   2.    Both kids need to do
   Chores but daves mom is a little harsh to him it comes to chores
   3.    Some kids today are still homeless and have no food and that is how  dave   feels sometimes a homeless person