In the twenty days since the river crossing at Bruinsburg, Mississippi, Grant had marched his troops 180 miles, inflicting 7,200 casualties at a cost of 4,300 of his own, winning five of five battles: Port Gibson, Raymond, Jackson, Champion Hill, and Big Black River, and not losing a single gun or stand of colors.
When a narrator uses the word âIâ to tell most of the story, this is the first-person point of view. First-person point of view allows readers to see and hear what the narrator sees and hears and also allows them access to the narratorâs thoughts. A first person narrator is usually a major character in the story and is often the protagonist.
3) Helps to Develop Character. Since the only view-point of the novel is the protagonistâs the reader is able to spend a lot of time with one character and get to know them. The protagonist is directly telling the story, therefore the âvoiceâ of the book is directly related to the voice of the character.o continue with my series on Point of Point-of-View, I thought Iâd explore the pros and cons of writing your novel using the first person perspective. In this post Iâll lay out the strengths of using the first person point of view, and reasons why you might want to choose it for your book.