Narrative Point of Views-A Summary

  I shall summarize in this post the reasons for and the times when First and Third person point of views should be used.

  The first person point of view should be used when we wants to:
-Focus the reader's attention on a particular character, usually the main character, as the first person point of view enables the readers to view all of the character's being, including his thoughts, his emotions, his personality, and the underlying reasons behind his actions.
-Limit the information that readers can access; this is usually used in mystery/crime literature to keep the readers in the dark about the key of the conflict, "keeping them on their toes".

  Meanwhile, the third person point of view should be used when we wants to:
-Update the readers constantly of the latest developments in the plotline, this is usually used in action novels, to "not allow the readers to catch their breath" by hitting them with one new piece of information after another.
-Describe the settings of the novel, as with the third person point of view, the author would be able to show the readers an intense and rich description of the settings, "materializing it before their eyes".