Point of View

Author's note: This is a response to the book Number the Stars. We were asked to discuss what the point of view in the book is and how it affects the readers interpretation.

The book Number the Stars  is told in the perspective of a narrator. In the particular scene where the German soldiers intruded the Johansen's house searching for any traces of the Rosen family it is told from an outside view. With the narrator telling the scene I was able to visualize each character in the situation. The best friends were very frightened pretending to sleep in their bed as the parents were trying to cover up any evidence that they were hiding the Rosen daughter. This scene was written and detailed very well but I believe if the perspective was from the two girls it would have been stronger. I would have been able to tell how frightened each girl was. From the narrators point of view I was able to get the outside view of the scene but if it was in the point of view of one of the characters I would be able to understand the feelings each character had as the scene unraveled.