! YA Heroines ! discussion

I really like first person perspective better:) like you said its like I become the character

For me I don't exactly become the protagonist but stands beside him/her.

I prefer an alternation of first person views between characters. E.g. In it is narrated ny four different charcters, with four different personalities. You get the best of all worlds.

I always see the character, but I also have trouble picturing faces. I can do all the rest of it- picture a person, their hair, what they are wearing, etc, except for faces.

I have to agree with Chelsea, I really like perspective changes, but they have to be done right. If they aren't done right, they can ruin a book, in my opinion.

It really depends on the story. A majority of the time I would be the character in first person, but there are always those cases where I would rather just watch and participate separately in third person. It depends on the writer, and the style/genre they are going for.

I don't become the character no matter what, in pretty much all story's I usually place myself in as a friend of the main or someone beside them of course depending on the situation ;)
Also I occasionally pair myself up with one of the characters.

Sometimes if I can really relate to the character I can kind of become the heroine's conscience. Or maybe like when you are dreaming and you know that you are doing something in your dream but it is not actually you controling your self. It's hard to explain...

I like to think I am part of the story but maybe part of the background not the main character

that would be a good one

Maybe I'm weird, but I never become the character. I always feel like someone that is watching the story. Even in first person, I still the character as a separate person who is sitting down to tell me what happened to them. I'm with Elizabeth. I always feel like I'm in the background.

If you're weird, then I may as well be too. I'm always in the background, like its a movie, but I still get really into books.

When she writes short stories you know she is writing as herself in the characters position.

Narnia and hogwarts would be fun

I haven't read those yet which books are you talking about

oh ok haven't read them but I watched the movie and I'm giving away the lightning thief for world book on the 23rd of this month

lol I think thats the problem with most book to movies people who read the book know what is suppose to be happening I know I saw it alot with hunger games people who knew how much was missing hated the movie I was very upset they cut alot out but people who didn't read the book saw nothing wrong with the movie

I don't actually mind third person narration but it's the way it is written that defines how I percieve it. E.g. In graceling even though it is third person narration I feel like I'm much closer to Katsa. But in Harry Potter I feel more on the outside looking in.

I actually like third person more than first. I guess it's because I never become the character, and my inability to connect to the character on that level means that sometimes the stuffs they say in first person kind of annoy me (stuffs which are normally skipped over in third person, that is).

Anyway, depending on how much I can connect with the POV character, I'll either be a fly on the wall or a fly sitting on their shoulder :)

In English last Friday we covered POVs in novels but it never occurred to me that there are actually 3 different types of third person:

~ Third person Objective (No thoughts or feels said)
~ Third person Limited (Thoughts and feelings of main character usually)
~ Third person Omniscient (Thoughts and feelings of all characters)

Each one shows a different level of feelings and thoughts of characters given to the reader. Who knew?!?

Out of the 3 I would prefer Third person limited which I guess is most like 1st person narration.

In class we had to write a paper without saying "i feel" or "i think." It was really hard to do.