Point of View / Lost / Bierce Notes Sheet (Points Value: 15) 1

In what way does the Lost episode employ POV

to make the story more dramatic?

How do the switches in POV make Bierce’s “An

Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” more dramatic?
The Point of View “filter”

What are the benefits for the reader when the

narrator reveals things to the reader the main
character does not know?

Pre-class think and write:

“Think of a movie that you have seen recently. Take a second and think about: Who did the
camera follow most of the time? Was there a narrator? How did these things contribute to the
story of the movie? Write down two or three sentences of your thoughts.”