Point blank Told from a Different Dimension

Authors Note: This essay is about point of view and how it can change the readers mood.

Alex Rider is an average 14 year old boy would would jump at the chance of becoming a spy. Luckily for him he got that chance. The story Point Blank, by Anthony Horowitz is basically about Alex Rider investigating a mysterious school out in the middle of nowhere. He works for M16 who believes that there is a connection between the school and the death of two fathers. Point Blank is told from the main character, Alex's, point of view. Alex's point of view can cause the reader to get a different perspective about the story compared to if the principal of the school, Dr. Grief, were to tell the story.

The book being told from Alex Rider can really affect how the reader feels about certain events. For example when Alex disobeyed Dr. Grief by leaving his room, the reader would get the impression that Alex was being good because he could discover something bad about the school. If the story would have been told from Dr. Griefs point of view the reader wouldn't have got the same impression. The reader would most likely get the sense that Alex was a terrible kid who didn't obey the rules. Another event where the characters would send out two different points of view is when Dr. Grief captured Alex after he figured out Alex was a spy. Dr. Grief then told Alex his long term plan which involved cloning himself. From Alex's point of view it seemed as if Dr. Grief was a creepy old man who only possessed evil. If this scene were to be told from Dr. Grief's point of view the reader would get the impression that Dr. Grief was a great scientist whose plans were trying to be ruined. 

Alex leaped from his bedroom window right into a soft pile of snow. He had to find a way to the forbidden top floor of the school undetected. He decided that he would go back through the front door and figure out a plan when he gets there. As soon as he walked through the doors he was unexpectedly acquainted by Dr. Grief. The whole mission was over and so is his life. This was a scene from the story with an alternate ending. If this were to have actually happened the reader would believe that Alex had failed and that Dr. Grief, the villain, was going to succeed with his plan. If this would have been told from Dr. Grief's point of view the reader would get the feeling that Dr. Grief the magnificent was finally going to succeed now that he got rid of the pesky spy.  

The mood the reader receives is defiantly something that changes from different character's point of view. That's not the only thing that changed. The other thing that changed was the readers feeling about certain characters. When you're reading a story where a character may come across as a bad person, try to think about how they might feel about certain things. Doing that will give you a better understanding of their true intentions.