This document discusses different points of view in writing. It defines first, second, and third person points of view based on pronoun use. First person uses I, me, my, etc. Second person uses you and your. Third person uses he, she, they, etc. The document then provides an example of a passage and identifies it as written in third person point of view based on the pronouns used. It also briefly discusses the Oedipal complex, defined as a boy's desire for his mother and jealousy of his father.

2. Point of view is a
reflection of the
opinion an
individual from
real life or Fiction
can have. It is the
way the author
allows you to ‘see’
and ‘hear’ what is
going on.

3. First Person : Story is told from the
point of view of a character.
• The following
words are used:
I,
Me,
My,
Us,
We,
Our.

4. Second person:
• Usually for instructions
• Uses “You”; from “your” perspective.
• Example:
• First, gather your materials. Add 1 cup
sugar to flour

5. Third Person: A narrator is telling
the story.
The following
words are used:
He
She
They
Them
Her
His
Example: Billy
hurt his knee
when he fell off of
his bike.

6. What point of view is used?
“Father was in the army all through
the war – the first war, I mean – so,
up to the age of five, I never saw
much of him, and what I saw did
not worry me.”
First Person Second Person Third Person

7. Oedipal complex:
 The Oedipal complex is a term
used by Sigmund Freud in his
theory of psychosexual stages
of development to describe a
boy's feelings of desire for his
mother and jealously and
anger towards his father. He
views his father as a rival for
her attentions and affections.
The Oedipal complex occurs
between the ages of three and
five.

8. “My Oedipal complex”
 In the beginning, the young boy, LARRY displays signs of
excitement and contentment when his father arrives
unexpectedly on his visits from the war.
 The day his father came home from the war everything changed
for Larry.
 This is the first time in his life without having the full attention
of his mother and for the first time in his life he feels neglected.
 Larry develops a hatred for his father.

9.  “But, Mummy, couldn’t God make another war, if He
liked?”
 “He wouldn’t like to, dear. It’s not God who makes wars,
but bad people.”
 “Oh!” I said. I was disappointed
about that. I began to think that God wasn’t
quite what He was cracked up to be.