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A narrative Point of View the viewpoint from which a story is told.[1] My Immortal is told in the first person (which refers to the main character as "I") past tense (from Ebony's point of view - most of the time. In some fanfics, authors will put "[Character name] POV/pov" before a chapter, even when simply stating the character's name would suffice. There are some exceptions to Ebondy's narration:

  • In Chapter Eight, the narrative briefly dips into Draco's point of view for a bit.[2]
  • In Chapter Thirty-Seven, it shifts to "DARKO’S PONT OF VIEW LOL" again, only to switch to either Willow or Vampire's point of view for a single, inexplicable, sentence.[3] It then (presumably) returns to Ebony's point of view. After a few paragraphs, it shifts to second person (!) for a couple sentences, before reverting to first person in the middle of the second sentence. [4]
  • Midway through Chapter Thirty-Nine, while Ebony is dying, the point of view shifts to third person omniscient for the rest of the chapter.

Thankfully, Tara doesn't experiment with point of view beyond this.

References[]

  1. Point of View. Literaryterms.com.
  2. My Immortal, Chapter Eight - I don’t know why Ebony was so mad at me. I had went out with Vampire (I’m bi and so is Ebony) for a while but then he broke my heart. He dumped me because he liked Britney, a stupid preppy f*cker. We were just good friends now. He had gone through horrible problems, and now he was gothic. (Haha, like I would hang out with a prep.)
  3. My Immortal, Chapter Thirty-Seven - Draco, Ebory and I went to Profesor Siniater’s room.
  4. My Immortal, Chapter Thirty-Seven - you said finally hoping he couldn’t c da potion in ur pocket.
    You went to the conmen room after putting on my clothes.
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