Harry's POV revisited

[Ebony AKA AngieJ]

No: HPFGUIDX 16077

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., love2write_11098 at y... wrote:
> > The third-person subjective part of the HP narration is probably 
> secondary to the third-person limited.

Agreed, Stacy.  Third-person limited, just like first-person, limits 
what the reader knows... and is great for building up suspense.  If 
you can only get into one person's head most of the time, then the 
only way to get at the motives of the other "players" is to have your 
viewpoint character observe their actions, listen to their 
conversations, and if they are sophisticated enough, to guess at 
what's going on inside other's heads.

The more curious the viewpoint character, the more the reader finds 
out.  And all viewpoint characters in third person limited (or first 
person) have to be curious about SOMETHING... otherwise, the story 
would be boring.

> My guess is that usually we 
> get Harry's opinion (perhaps this is because the narrator-character 
> agrees with it most of the time). Occasionally, though, I think our 
> narrator-character is more observant for the sake of the reader.

Sure, a good viewpoint character is usually a little more observant 
and even a tinge more perceptive than the other 
characters... "smarter than the average bear".  Again, this is for 
the reader's benefit, I think.

--Ebony AKA AngieJ