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If first person is someone telling you his or her story, and second person is you being told how you should do something, then third person is more like a camera recording events. That's not to say it's necessarily an objective point of view. A third person narrator can be highly subjective.
The third person creates more distance from the character and his/her thoughts. Therefore the writer can focus on the actions of the character. First person POV can become a bit of a âtell-festâ (tell, tell, tell), but third person really puts the action back into the scenes.