[HPforGrownups] Re: Harry's POV was Snape is NOT Sexy

[Diana Williams]

No: HPFGUIDX 56468

From: "severin_szaltis" <severin_szaltis at yahoo.co.uk>
>
> Me:
> I'm afraid not; it *is* an omniscient narrator (or ON). The fact that
> the narrator only chooses to tell us what Harry feels and thinks and
> not the other characters, is neither here nor there with regard to
> the omniscience of the narrator.

Nope, sorry, you've got this wrong.  An Omniscient Narrator (Also called
Third Person Omniscient) tells everything that is going on, regardless of
the person's POV.  It's not done very much nowadays, but there are several
classics that use this technique.  (Example: "Dear Reader, you might suppose
that Harry's curiosity would be his downfall, but this was not the case for
at that moment Hermione was racing to his rescue.")  The Harry Potter
stories are Third Person limited omniscient, which means they are told in
the Third Person (he as opposed to I) and from one or more person's point of
view.  In this case - Harry's.  We don't know any more than Harry does.  If
it was a "videocamera" kind of POV, it would be Third Person Objective, in
which case we would only see what is going on externally, as if we were
watching the movie.  We would not know Harry's thoughts and feelings on
anything - we would have to guess them based on the actions he took and the
words he said.

For a really good presentation on POV and types, go here:
http://la.gulfcoast.edu/eng2111dl/Presentations/pov-lit_files/frame.htm

Diana Williams
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