1. The vantage point from which events are presented
Point of View
The vantage point from which events are presented

2. Types of Narrators
First person: may tell own story or someone else’s. But beware! The first-person narrator never knows the full story.
Omniscient: narrator knows everything, and moves from one character’s mind to another.
Objective: the point of view remains entirely outside the character’s mind. Readers have to interpret characters’ thoughts or attitudes on their own.

3. Unreliable Narrators
Definition: a first-person narrator whose perspective is self-serving, mistaken, confused, unstable, or even insane.
Cask of Amontillado: narrator is manipulative and deceives even himself.
Rose for Emily: narrator is confused, and has been indoctrinated by his own society’s assumptions.

4. Limited Omniscient
Definition: a third-person narration that focuses only on a single character’s perspective. You can see inside the mind of that character, but no other character.
Example: Young Goodman Brown