The point of view for my novel Night by Elie Wiesel is that of first person. I think the author choose to do this novel in first person to show the life of a Jew during the holocaust and give the reader a feeling of how it felt for them in their perspective and what they went through. The point of view contributes to the narrative because reading through a real survivor of the holocaust , gives a feeling of depth and reality of what the Nazi's did during World War 2. If I were given the choice to change the point of view I would not change it, because I believe reading through first person perspective for this situation is ideal and gives the reader an image or idea of the horror that the Jews went through during the holocaust.
Even though by setting the story in first person it develops the main character, i think having it in third person and being able to hear some of the familys or one of the nazis perspectives could be pretty interesting
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