Point of View

Dead Men’s Path Point of View  

By Andrea Basile

Authors Note: In this piece I’m going to tell you how the point of view would change if it was the village persist telling the story instead of Obi, the headmaster. I would like to know if my ideas are clear.

In the captivating story “Dead Man’s Path” an ignorant new head master named Obi, wants his school to be absolutely perfect. The only thing affecting that goal is a footpath. A footpath for the dead. Obi will not tolerate this path and he wants it gone. On the other hand, a priest of the village cares for this path greatly and he will not tolerate the path to be gone. The story would change if it was in the point of view of the village priest.

          The point of view in this story is told by Obi, a new head master of a school. In his mind he wants everything to be perfect to impress a Supervisor of how he can make this school better. Everything was going great for his vision, until he saw the foot path. Obi hates this path and thinks it should be gone because it interrupts the school grounds. Since he hates this path, he decides to get rid of it one and for all. This character changes the point of view because in his mind he thinks getting rid of the path is the best option for the school, and he is determined to get his way. We, as readers, get to know what he is thinking. But what if the point of view was changed?

          If the story was in the point of view of the Village Priest the story would be much different.  Unlike Mr. Obi, the Village Priest admires the footpath and thinks it is very important to the town. The priest wants to follow the footsteps of his father, ad his father’s father. He wants to keep the path going and he believes in the path. The point of view would change because this character wants the path to stay and he is trying to convince Obi to keep it and not shut it down.  That is how the point of view would change if it was told by the Village Priest.