Point of View essay (900 words)

Sample Point of View Introductory Paragraph Notes

The Confused Heart

In “The Hiss of the Rope,” Hector Report uses the dramatic third person point of view to pull readers into the depths of this horror story while making them sense they are characters within the drama. For example, Fredricka, the unsuspecting, epitome of innocence, makes readers want to rescue her from the impending event of being kidnapped by the vicious Joseph who has already informed the readers of his maliciously toned desire to violently take Fredricka and keep her in a huge black box that he has drilled holes in; he plans to keep her there until her wealthy father pays the million dollar ransom (Report 82-93). On the other hand, Joseph’s characterization comes from his engagements within the story. For example, Joseph drills holes in a black box at the beginning of the story; according to Kate Smith, black is an emotional color the symbolizes stimulation and protection from fear and anxiousness. These types of characterizations of Fredricka and Joseph set forth a “foreboding atmosphere” that causes the readers to enter a cauldron of fear that is so real to the them (Lane 21). The author not only uses characterization in this dramatic tale to engage the reader, but he also uses figurative language to kidnap his readers’ mentally just as Joseph physically kidnaps Fredricka. For instance, Report uses symbolism to characterize Joseph in describing the scenery as he develops his fiendish plans for the unsuspecting Fredricka: “The sun suddenly [becomes] a ball of fiery red whose blazing arms [seem] to quickly overtake the horizon” (Report 85). With the use of figurative language—irony, similes, and metaphors—the author makes even the environment appear to be a character. Immediately, readers become comfortable with being engulfed in the story because Hector Report skillfully uses characterization on several levels and various literary devices to give readers an adventure into a dramatic horror that slowly worms itself into the readers’ minds and hearts.