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Is a story told in third person?

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Anonymous

11y ago
Updated: 1/10/2022

Third person objective point of views involves great distance from the reader, as if a reporter or other objective narrator were recounting an event, reciting almost nothing but the facts in the case. It is a very cold, formal distancing approach that is probably best applied to fiction involving murder or other violent crimes. The POV avoids the emotions involved in a shocking story, yet also highlights the terror of the act by making it seem ordinary, like an everyday occurrence. If the infamous hit man known as "The Iceman" were to relate one of his hits in the third person, he would no doubt use the third-person objective. This POV, therefore, can be used to tell the story of a disaffected person, such as criminal or abused person, who has lost touch with their feelings.

Two famous examples of this POV are the short stories "The Killers" by Ernest Hemingway, and "A Good Man is Hard to Find" by Flannery O'Conner. These stories begin in the third-person objective and slowly change to the third-person attached or third-person omniscient near the ending.

Another use for this POV is in fiction presented as if historical material is being chronicled by an unknown source. Third-person objective is perfect for this situation, as it reads something like a textbook or a traditional newspaper article. This POV does not usually lend itself to long fiction, however, because of the extreme lack of emotion and vivid description.

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