#4 Point of View

In the chapter titled Love, the point of view switches to first person. By telling a story in first person, it is more capable of getting the true meaning across. I don't know what it is, but when I read stories in first person, I find them more interesting and I can relate to what the narrator is feeling. It is easier to put yourself in their shoes from first person point of view. In The Things They Carried,Ifeel that the author told it in first person so we would get a better understanding of what truly happend. He wanted his audience to read deep into the novel and appreciate his writing. Tim O'Brien is the author;coincidedly, Tim O'Brien is also the character telling the story. This only adds to deeper understanding and relation to the audience. Some of the stories told are difficult to communicate, but by telling them in first person it is hard for the reader to misinterpet the true meaning of what happend to the character.