![]() ![]() These kids are struggling with personal problems unconnected to the serial murders going on around them, though the murders will also change them in profound ways.įor each of the three kids, Jones uses a different type of narrative POV: third-person, second-person, and first-person. The novel is divided into three sections, each focusing on a different kid from a fifth-grade glass in an Atlanta elementary school. One example comes from Leaving Atlanta by Tayari Jones, which is set during the 1979-1981 Atlanta child murders. There are many reasons to choose one type of POV over another, or even to mix multiple types of POVs in a single work. What POV should you choose? Should it be a first-person narration (the “I” or “we” POV)? Or some form of third-person POV (using “he/she/they”)? ![]()
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