About the POV

The point of view of Messenger, is a third person limited omniscient that focuses primarily on Matty's character. This is because the story is almost always centered around his experiences and some thoughts. It doesn't use personal pro-nouns either. It also has a point of view that sees and almost knows all, like an omniscient point of view. But, since not everything is included, it has a more limited point of view too. Thus deeming it a third person and limited omniscient point of view. Also, the story doesn't always focus on Matty. When Seer and Leader are meeting to check on Matty, it says, "...beside him the blind man waited. They had done this for several days." (Lowry, chap 15). This proves that the story switched to different characters sometimes, and told the audience what was happening to them. Overall, the point of view is a third person limited omniscient, that doesn't always focus on the main character.