Point of View

Point of view is who's perspective the story is written in, either the narrator or one of the characters. There are many different types of point of views such as third person point of view, objective point of view, first person point of view, and omniscient point of view. In the story the Lord of the Flies the point of view in which the story is told in is third person, meaning that the story is told by the narrator who takes no action in the book.  Through out the entire book William Golding never mentions the words I or me unless they are in quotes which indicates third person point of view. For example a sentence in the book says " We was attacked!" "He will be back alright." The fat boy shook his head. As you can see the author does not use the word I. Having a book being told in third person helps the reader understand the book more because the the narrator knows nothing about the characters just like the reader, so they learn about the characters by reading about their actions and what their feelings are. Basically you learn about the characters from the outside voice.