How does the point of view in katherine anne porter’s story “he” express the story’s meaning ?

The point of view in Katherine Anne Porter’s story “He” helps create dramatic irony in the story which, in turn, helps express the story’s meaning. The point of view helps create dramatic irony in the story because it limits the reader to Mrs. Whipple's perspective. The reader is also able to come to their own conclusions by looking at the indirect information given about Mrs. Whipple and her neglected son. This creates dramatic irony because the reader is able to come to certain conclusions before characters in the story, giving them knowledge that the characters don’t have. Looking at Mrs. Whipple and her relationship with her mentally challenged son as well as her behavior towards him helps emphasize the theme "it’s dangerous to care more about appearances than reality".

Explanation:

This question and answer were part of a study guide I used to prepare for an exam so this is just my best understanding of the question. I hope it helps!

below i present a summary with the most relevant aspects of chapter 2, which were taken from karangan bahasa inggeris (english essays) spm: argumentative essays.

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teacher smiles at the students who wait for his signal to sit down. he nods briefly and the students sit down and get ready for the lesson to start. there is an air of quiet expectancy when teacher refers to the unusual things found underneath their houses that morning. whispers of bags of rice ran among the students and a student muttered reluctantly that the rice is rent for the landlord. this starts off the discussion on the issue of paying rent for the use of the landowner’s land. da wan raises the question of why the landlord owns the land rather than the farmer although they have spent a lot of time farming it. the three reasons of labour, need and inheritance are listed as reasons for the landlord’s ownership of the land. they are discussed and dismissed as inadequate reasons. they suggested a system of collective farming to the farmers. the headmaster comes down the corridor to observe the lesson. teacher very quickly changed the lesson to a geography wesson. the students followed his cue and no one gave the slightest notice < of the headmaster ‘s presence. when the headmaster leaves, teacher explains the implications of winning the scholarship. it involves bearing respontsibilities and the scholarship holder should master what is useful and return to the village. he should understand the injustices in the present system and change it to a fairer system. then, he announces the wiimnuir of the scholarship to be dawan.

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