Kate Chopin's The Story Of An Hour

Point of view is the way the author choose to tell the story. Who is the narrator, how he relates to the story and how much he know? It combines to all other concepts to build the value and the existence of a fiction.

We have four kinds of point of view: third person limited point of view, third person unlimited point of view , third person objective point of view and first person point of view.
Firstly, third person unlimited point of view, the narrator narrates the story primarily from outside about one character. The main character and other characters are told in the relationship with that center person. Third pronouns as he, she , they, him, her, them are used and the main character’s observation such as thoughts, opinions, feelings thought the narrator appears clearly and objectively to readers.
Secondly, third person objective point of view, the narrator knows everything about everyone and he directly reveals everything unlimitedly
She tells about the main character – protagonist Lousie Mallard. She describes what is going on in the story. She knows thought, opinion, motives, hope, desire and all inner feeling of Lousie. The narrator together with the reader stand before the scene you see her react, her words, her whisper… to search inside her thought, to see what is happening, the changes in her one last hour life. Through her eyes, her observation, we see the world she is living. We know about other characters, their feeling and action related to her. Josephine – a devoted, delicate sister; Richards – a careful, thoughtful man; Brently – a patriarchal, kind, tender husband. Also, we see them directly, lively in the world. Moreover, paying attention to the pronounce she used: she, her sister, her husband… we can affirm that the point of view is used in "The story of an hour" is type one, third person limited point of