Read the two passages from Pushing the Bear. Passage 1:
How does the use of multiple points of view affect the
reader's interpretation?
MARITOLE
"This cabin is mine!" The words spit from my mouth.
My body was stiff as a beam. The soldier grabbed me
and threw me outside the door. I heard the soldier yell
at the people in the cabin. There was a struggle, and
he came out with the cooking pot and blankets he
ripped from the bed. "The musket," I told him. "My
forks and ladles. The quilts my grandmother made.
Our corn!"
Through Maritole's perspective, the reader
understands the danger of the white soldiers, but
Knobowtee does not yet understand this.
O Through Maritole's perspective, the reader sees
that she succeeds at her mission, but Knobowtee
does not understand the danger she was in.
Through both perspectives, the reader sees that the
soldiers are violent with the women, and Knobowtee
is angry that they hurt Maritole.
Through both perspectives, the reader sees that
Knobowtee should have insisted on going to get their
things because he would have succeeded.
He yelled at me, but I didn't understand his words. He
shot into the air, and another soldier came riding up
the wagon ruts.
He picked me up and tried to get me on his horse, but
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