TED-Ed: First person vs. Second person vs. Third person | Rebekah Bergman

The video explores different narrative perspectives: third-person, first-person, and second-person. It discusses how each perspective offers unique possibilities and constraints, affecting storytelling. Examples from literature illustrate these points, highlighting how perspective influences narrative style and reader engagement. The video also touches on future innovations in narrative perspectives through virtual and augmented reality.

Which of the following is NOT an opening line mentioned in the introduction to narrative perspectives?

• "You are about to begin reading Italo Calvino's new novel."

• "I am an Invisible Man."

• "Mrs. Dalloway said, 'she would buy the flowers herself.'"

• "Call me Ishmael."

In the story of Rapunzel, which perspective is typically used when the narrator is outside the story?

• First-person

• Second-person

• Third-person

• Omniscient

How does a first-person narrative affect the reader's experience?

• It creates a sense of distance from the characters.

• It makes the story more objective.

• It creates closeness between the reader and the narrator.

• It allows the reader to know everything about all characters.

What is a characteristic of a third-person omniscient narrator?

• They are always a character within the story.

• They only know the thoughts and feelings of one character.

• They can switch between different characters' thoughts and feelings.

• They address the reader directly.

In Kazuo Ishiguro's novel 'The Remains of the Day', what narrative technique is used to reveal the flaws of the culture and class system?

• A second-person narrator

• A delusional first-person narrator

• An omniscient narrator

• A third-person limited narrator

What is a challenge of using the second-person perspective in storytelling?

• It creates too much distance from the story.

• It makes the story too personal.

• It requires the reader to suspend disbelief to become 'you'.

• It limits the story to one character's thoughts.

How might new virtual and augmented reality technologies impact storytelling?

• By expanding the possibilities for narrative experimentation.

• By limiting the narrative to first-person perspectives.

• By making stories more linear.

• By reducing the need for narrators.