Point of View "The Californian's Tale"

1.       What point of view does the story use?  Is the story told from a first-person perspective, in which the narrator is one of the characters in the story, and refers to himself as”I”? Or is the story told from a third-person perspective, in which the narrator is not one of the characters in the story or may not participate in the events of the story?

This story in first-person perspective, the narrator is not the main character, but he is the one how meet and know about the main character. The story didn’t make up; the story is in the real live that the narrator had met.

2.       What are the advantages of the chosen point of view? Does it furnish any clues as to the purpose of the story?

The point of view will tell us how did the narrator feel and how did view it. It will help us to know more about the character in the story. The story didn’t tell any clue, the author just tells the view.

3.       Is the narrator reliable or unreliable? Does he/she have a limited knowledge or understanding of characters and events in the story? Does the narrator know almost everything about one character or every character, including inner thoughts?

The narrator is reliable, he full understands about characters and events in the story. He know the most about Henry or the main character in the story, and he know what is in the inner thoughts of Henry.

4.       Does the author use point of view primarily to reveal or conceal? Does he ever unfairly withhold important information known to the focal character?

The author use the point of view primarily reveal. He just go through the view of one character, from what had happen to the character then how did the character act and last end with how did the character solve it. He didn’t not  withhold the information.