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In “The Stolen Party,” author Liliana Heker uses third person limited point of view to show understanding to the reader and the writer. It can help you understand the emotion and movement in your head coming from the characters. In my opinion, I think that third person limited was an excellent idea for this story. One reason for using third person limited point of view is to show the reader and the writer more understanding. The author Liliana Heker wanted to show readers and herself some emotion in the story. By using this method, you can get readers to be astonished or shocked in certain places of the story.
“Senora Ines didn’t look in the pink bag. Nor did she look in the blue bag. Instead she rummaged her purse. In her hand appeared two bills. ‘You really and truly earned this,’ she said handing them over. ‘Thank you for all your help, my pet. Rosaura felt her arms stiffen, stick close to her body, and then she noticed …show more content…
third person limited. It also shows the character’s emotions. It shows Rosaura and Rosaura’s mom’s emotions. Rosaura is just so easily hurt inside and her mother feels terrible for her that she had to go through all of that fun but at the end she realised she was actually being used. Another reason for using third person limited point of view is to have more detail in the story to express more emotion and movement of the fictional characters in the story and to have impact on the reader. For example, in “The Stolen Party,” “Get away with you, believing any nonsense you’re told!” She was cross, but not because of the monkey, the girl though; it’s just because of the party. ‘I don’t like you going,’she told her. ‘It’s a rich people’s

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