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  • Essay / Literary Analysis of The Secret Lion - 1488

    The limited omniscient point of view is similar to that of the first person in that the narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of the main character; however, it is told in a more detached voice, using terms such as "she/he, they, them". In “Doe Season,” author David Michael Kaplan presents Andy's story through a limited omniscient point of view. The narrator is able to delve into Andy's thoughts and feelings, but is also able to provide some information that Andy herself is not mature enough to understand. Unlike a first-person point of view, a limited omniscient point of view gives the author more flexibility regarding the language used and the knowledge of the narrator. We not only receive the character's thoughts, but we also have a competent voice that helps us make connections between Andy's thoughts and the more developed thoughts of the omniscient narrator. “This thought did him good: it was like thinking of God; it was like thinking about the space between here and the moon; it was like thinking about all the foreign countries in your geography book where even now,,