Question

What impact does point of view have on “The Gift of the Magi”? Explain how the story would be different if told from the first person point of view.

Answer 1

Answer:

For most of the story, the narrative perspective is told from the third person omniscient perspective.

The narrator is telling a story about two people. The narrator is not a part of the story, so the narration uses the pronouns "he" and "she" when referring to Jim and Della.

There is a time when the narration does move into a first person narration, though. Those are the times when the narrator directly addresses the reader. The final paragraph is a good example of when the narrative moves from a third person perspective to a first person perspective. A reader will notice that the narrator all of a sudden uses "I" in order to make himself/herself an active participant in the story.

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