Everyone has their own point of view, or a way of looking at things. in fiction, the narrator is the one who tells the story. there are two types of narrators, first person and third person.
in first person narrations, the narrator is usually the main character and uses i and me. the reader learns a great deal of information about the narrator by reading the narrator's thoughts and feelings. however, the narrator usually doesn't know any other character's thoughts/feelings, so the reader doesn't either.
in third person narrations, the narrator is not a main character and uses she , he , they, or it. the words i and my are only used in dialog. the reader only learns a little about the narrator, but learns much more about the other characters.
below is a passage from treasure island by robert louis stevension. it is a story about jim hawkins, a boy in the 1700s. jim has found part of a treasure map. he with some men from his town, have hired a ship to find the treasure. some of the sailors on the ship, like long john silver, may be dangerous.
the passage is a first person narration, from jim's point of view. rewrite the passage into a third person narration. be sure to use your own words.

"now, just after sundown, when all my work was over and i was on my way to my berth, it occurred to me that i should like an apple. i ran on deck. the watch was all forward looking out for the island. the man at the helm was watching the luff of the sail and whistling gently to himself, and that was the only sound except the swish of the sea against the bows and around the sides of the ship.
in i got bodily into the apple barrel, and found there was scarce an apple left; but, sitting down there in the dark, what with the sound of the water and the rocking movement with the ship, i had either fallen asleep or close to it, when a heavy man sat down with rather a clash close by. the barrel shook as he leaned his shoulders against it, and i was about to jump up when the man began to speak. it was silver's voice, and, before i had heard a dozen words, i would not have show myself for all the world, but lay there, trembling and listening, in the extreme fear and curiosity; for from these dozen words i understood that the lives of all honest men aboard depended upon me alone"