Author’s Note: This is a piece of writing about point of view. This piece demonstrates that I know how to identify what point of view the story is in and how it would be different in another character’s point of view.
Sarah Bishop is a 15 year- old girl on the run from the war. Her brother, Chad, comes home and says he signed up to fight against the British. This novel is written in Sarah Bishop’s point of view. When he told his family about fighting for the rebels, it caused a lot of trouble. What began this run was the fire of her home and the British soldiers killing her father. This event caused what she did throughout the story and how she reacted to the war and to the different people throughout the book.
In Sarah Bishop’s point of view, the event was a disaster. It happened so fast, she barely could keep up! When she saw the soldiers light the torch and threw it onto her house and barn, Sarah was literally unable to move or think.”The house and the barn and the cow shed and the pigsty were now one mass of sparks and leaping flames.” This showed what had happened to her home. Sarah hated the British soldiers for ruining her home, and now she knew why her brother was fighting against them. She was terrified, not knowing where her father was and what all happened. This point of view made Sarah think differently of the war and just wanted to get away from it. I the reader, personally think that this was the best way to tell how this event happened and how Sarah felt about it. It made me feel bad of Sarah’s family and wondered how the soldiers could have possibly ruined their home! Did it really have to come to burning their house, just because Chad was fighting for the Americans?
This event could be completely different in a different character’s point of view such as one of the British soldiers. When they came to the house, he probably thought it was the best thing to do since the owner’s son, Chad Bishop, was fighting against the British. How could a young boy be brave enough to fight against the country they were born from? Not possible and completely unacceptable. He probably did not think of how the scared, little girl, watching her home burn to the ground, felt. This could be a completely different event in another person’s eyes!
Overall, point of view is very important and forces you to see only one side of the event, not two. A single event can change everything! Sarah Bishop’s view of the war changed after what the British did to her home and why she was running away from the war. She didn’t have anyone else after her father died, and soon brother died, so she ran away and didn’t come back. The point of view of another character in the story changes the whole view of the event. How would you describe this story if you were watching this all happen? How would your point of view be different from the solider or Sarah Bishop?
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