Point of View in A & P

Point of View in A & P If Updike had not written A & P in 1st person point of view, the story would be interpreted in an entirely different way. The stream-of-consciousness technique is applied directly to the reader’s understanding of the short story. If A & P were told by the manager or customers, the story would have a change in the way that the events were presented. Sammy took the person that read the …

…on inside of the character that is producing the action. Although many readers do not notice the importance of the point of view, it plays a huge role in the story. When an author is deciding what type of point of view to take in a story, he is deciding what view the reader will take. The point of view can make all the difference in the success of a story- without anyone realizing it.