‘The Secret Life of Walter Mitty’ effectively utilises third person narrative point of view, as it provides the reader an insight into each character’s thoughts within the text. This type of narration allows the author to describe the actio

The text ‘The Man Who Hated Kids’ is dictated retrospectively through the eyes of Jacob the central character of the text. Jacob is constantly reflecting back on the experiences he recounts with his intolerant neighbour, exposing his youthful impressions and contrasting them to what he understand as an adult. This double perspective enables me as the reader to reflect back on my days of adolescence putting me in the shoes of Jacob and thus enabling me to empathize with the struggles he encounters to be liked. The importance to be liked is an underlying issue and is constantly raised throughout the text. This point of view provides me the reader a direct insight to the feelings and uncertainties that Jacob experiences in overcoming this issue, an insight that provokes a sympathetic response towards Jacob. In effect, it enables me to relate toward this issue of being liked; thus the actions of Jacob are justified. Materialism is another dominant issue that is highlighted through first person narration. “My family was still somewhat poor and I was always lagging behind in areas of dress and things.” The way in which Jacob conveys his problems through first person narration encourages me to almost completely associate with Jacob and again I am encouraged to reflect on my childhood for I once knew the importance to materialize and own the latest, newest things on the market. First person narration had an instrumental effect on the meaning making process I concluded from the text. I began to gain a sense of closeness with Jacob and felt that his problems were my problems. The issues of individuality and the courage to rise above the crowd become all more real in shaping a response that was sympathetic towards Jacobs struggle to overcome the issues presented.

Third person point of view had a significant influence on the meaning I made in regard to linking the adventures Walter Mitty imagined himself to be in, as I was able to determine the contrast between what was real and

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