point of view.In this technique the author,like a camera,records in the third person what is taking place,but does not enter into the minds of the characters.The action is played out before the reader without authorial comment.Such a method makes great demands on the reader,but at the same time promises great rewards,since it offers us a great share in the creative process.Many of earnest Hemingway's stories are superb examples of the objective point of view,and none is better than the one of Hills Like White Elephants. Mingling Points of View In most of stories,there is a mingling of viewpoints.Hence a point of view may be limited omniscient when focused on the thoughts of a major character,but dramatic when focused on the actions and dialogue.The writer may tell most of the story in one type of point of view but then shift at an important point for the purpose of sustaining interest or creating suspense.For example,Thurber in The Catbird Seat(cf. P.86)ends his limited omniscient disclosure of the thoughts of Erwin Martin when Martin develops his plan in the apartment of Mrs.Barrows.After this point Thurder uses the dramatic point of view so that the reader will not know the plan until it had been fully enacted.point of view. In this technique the author, like a camera, records in the third person what is taking place, but does not enter into the minds of the characters. The action is played out before the reader without authorial comment. Such a method makes great demands on the reader, but at the same time promises great rewards, since it offers us a great share in the creative process. Many of earnest Hemingway’s stories are superb examples of the objective point of view, and none is better than the one of Hills Like White Elephants. Mingling Points of View In most of stories, there is a mingling of viewpoints. Hence a point of view may be limited omniscient when focused on the thoughts of a major character, but dramatic when focused on the actions and dialogue. The writer may tell most of the story in one type of point of view but then shift at an important point for the purpose of sustaining interest or creating suspense. For example, Thurber in The Catbird Seat (cf. P. 86) ends his limited omniscient disclosure of the thoughts of Erwin Martin when Martin develops his plan in the apartment of Mrs. Barrows. After this point Thurder uses the dramatic point of view so that the reader will not know the plan until it had been fully enacted