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But the narrator often seems to tell the story from the point of view of one of the characters in the story. For example, look at the italicized words in this sentence
Thank goodness, she did not live up on Boggins Heights or have a funny name.
Whose thoughts do the words ‘Thank goodness’ express? Maddie’s, who is grateful that although she is poor, she is yet not as poor as Wanda, or as ‘different’. (So she does not get teased; she is thankful about that.)
1. Here are two other sentences from the story. Can you say whose point of view the italicised words express?
(i) But on Wednesday, Peggy and Maddie, who sat down front with other children who got good marks and who didn’t track in a whole lot of mud, did notice that Wanda wasn’t there.
(ii) Wanda Petronski. Most of the children in Room Thirteen didn’t have names like that. They had names easy to say, like Thomas, Smith or Allen.
2. Can you find other such sentences in the story? You can do this after you read the second part of the story as well.
Answer:
1. (i) The italicised words in the given sentence express the point of view of Peggy and Maddie.
(ii) The italicised words in the given sentence express the point of view of the narrator about the names of other children in Wanda’s class.
2. Activity to be done by yourself.