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By using a first-person narrator, Walter Dean Myers ensures that readers will experience Sunrise Over Fallujah only through what Robin is able to see, hear, think, and observe. How might the story’s point of view be different if a different character, Jonesy for example, was the first-person narrator who told the story? How might the tone of the story be different? Using details from the text, write an essay explaining how the excerpt would be different if told from Jonesy’s point of view. What might Jonesy notice that would be different from what Robin observes? What would Jonesy’s attitude be toward life in the camp? Would he share Robin’s excitement or have other feelings? What would Jonesy have to say about Robin himself? Would his point of view on Robin be favorable? Use what you have learned about tone to establish a formal tone in your essay, and maintain it. Use textual evidence to support your ideas.