Presenter(s): Madeline Walters
Faculty Mentor(s): Mark Hennion
Oral Session 2 DL
My project explores the various methods authors use to tell stories in the second person point of view, and how these methods portray a powerful empathetic effect in the reader. This particular point of view is not often used in traditional narratives. Rather than using I, he, she, or we, some authors choose to use “you” in a stylistic manner. In analyzing multiple stories, I’ve found many different methods of using the second person in various stories over more than one genre. I’ve analyzed these methods in order to answer this question: How is the second person point of view told to make the readers more empathetic towards different narratives? As a writer myself, my goal is to share the art of reading and writing stories that portray an in-depth experience of emotion.