The Point-of-View

The book was told in the omniscient point of view. The narrator of the story knows everything about Artemis and the fairies, although discussed little by little. With this point of view, the reader knows everything that the characters in the story thinks and what they feel. The narrator of the story can be the author itself or the reader, but one thing is for sure, the narrator is not present, in any way, in the story.

The point of view of the story influenced the story in such a way that, the characters were given balanced judgment as the story goes on. In contrast with the first person and the third person point of view where the narrator is present in the story, the point of view does not limit the views on the narrator. For example, if it was narrated in the point of view of Artemis, only his feelings and thoughts are what we are only going to find out, unless of course the other characters in the story stated them themselves.

The point of view is the same with, “The Very Old Man with Enormous Wings.” Just like in this short story, the narrator knows everything about how the characters think and feel. However, the downside of this point of view is that, the reader does not have the complete grasps of the perspective of a specific character in the story.