First person vs. Second person vs. Third person - Rebekah Bergman

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That is so true!

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[@Alkalus]

First Person: Character is narrator. Second and Third Person: Narrator is narrator!

[@chandreshraikwar8256]

Second person : narrator is one of the character narrating a story about other characters. Third person is narrator.

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[@vittoprince]

Personally, I like to write stories in the third person. It’s so much more easier than a first person perspective.

[@uma5467]

I feel the same way

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Sam

[@cultist4194]

Same

[@raisaapriliani2717]

you can do three of them if you colab with another writer

[@trucywrightirl]

Likewise over here, yet I personally think first person is a bit more interesting.

[@Alkalus]

Plot Twist: The guy on the typewriter is writing every word that’s being said in the video.

[@zagiproductions1630]

he's been writing subtitles for years now

[@thelunaticcultist5157]

That doesn’t twist the plot

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Qwasey Wearycooldoc Inc. Oh well, can’t edit it anymore

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After this being his most successful video, he is in top demand

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@@thelunaticcultist5157 that doesn't plot the twist

[@GhostTheHost713]

Ted-ED : Second person is barely used Fan Fictions: let me introduce myself

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Y/N authors: 👁👄👁

[@cristineevangelio5223]

choose your own adventure book series is a second-person narrative.

[@tananansad]

your alcoholic abusive mum wakes you up 😴 from a smexy (XD) dream of 1D 😡 and tell you to pack a bag 🤭🤔 why? you ask 😰 your new owners are here😱😱 my new owners???? who???!!! 😢 some boy band offered to buy you and i dont want you anymore 😥 suddenly!!! harry stylez (lol! styles with a z XD) burst in and hits your mother with the door, killing her instantly😁😁😁 he picks you up and shoves you in a body bag, 😯 dragging you into his van where he and the rest of the band😃😃 kick you until you die a slow and painful death 🤪🤩🤣🤣😏

[@angieyang1133]

fhsjfjjsk thats exactly what i was thinking. fanfiction! 🥺

[@reeti5958]

@@tananansad girl you have to realise that I am reading this at midnight and imagining scenes. You should have given horror story disclaimer before writing it. 😱

[@arandomcomment1092]

I wish Nabokov's Lolita was brought up to prove just how much perspective could change a story. Like everyone else besides knows what a monster Humbert Humbert is, which would make the novel more of a thriller, though less complex. As the narrator, Humbert lies, uses flowery language and rhetoric to disguise his actions. It's to the point that it's hard to know Lolita-or really Dolores-when she's supposed to be the focal point of the novel. He turns her into a muse, a caricature of herself by denying her voice and speaking over her. What do you think Lolita would look like if Dolores got to narrate instead?

[@anjalikashyap8739]

I agree, we only know one perspective, if we read from the different perspective , it will hit differently. We need more clarification of it's concept and the lesson in the end.

[@petraabimanyu903]

Yes, everytime I listen or read about pov in literature, Lolita always comes to me as an example how important who the narrator is.

[@Macrocompassion]

@@anjalikashyap8739 Call me Delores like they do in the stories!

[@lolal-t2027]

You can also call her lola since its another way to say lolita. Also i always was wondering what she felt like. It would have been so much scarier if it was in her pov and i cant tell how i would get a heart attack if it was in 2nd person, humbert or lolita

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Let's take a moment to appreciate TED-ED Animators. They have done a great work as always.

[@abeestosruinsageneration3725]

YES! FINALLY! There's so much character in this animation. Thank you for noticing too!

[@shreksspawn2359]

1st pov is easier to work in. 2nd is rare and unique usually reserved for directions. 3rd is the most complex.

[@calemmontiel338]

I think it depends on the story and the complexity of the characters

[@PeridotFacet-FLCut-XG-og1xx]

2nd are reader insert fics

[@ProPianoxArjun]

Best summary...help my channel grow

[@shishi6799]

1st POV is hard to nail perfectly, though. If you're not doing it right, it feels imprisoning for both the author and the reader.

[@calemmontiel338]

@@shishi6799 Maybe it's just me, but I often write as I would think, which is in 1st person, so that style feels more comfortable. That being said, I haven't written much in 3rd person, so my opinion is lacking

[@AudoricArt]

1st person: I walked 2nd person: YOU walked 3rd person: THEY walked

[@AlwaysOnForever]

I think third person is more like: **Character name** walked Sorry for bad english

[@loveirusu8788]

AlwaysOn Forever technically the same thing, you could change the characters' name to "he/she/it"

[@AudoricArt]

@@AlwaysOnForever true but you won't say their name every time you address them in a narrative. therefor you'd naturally use the singular third-person pronouns they/he/she/it.

[@AudoricArt]

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[@AlwaysOnForever]

@@loveirusu8788 hmm its right, i think it also depends on the previous sentence, example I see they steal the bag. Then they walk to the hallway. They walk past the bookstore Sorry bad english and i also not expert in story writing

[@mahajan9383]

*First person:* I narrate my story. *Second person:* Audience narrates my story. *Third person:* A stranger narrates my story.

[@sterre217]

not always a stranger though, as you'll encounter when you read the Book Thief for example :)

[@vindric8330]

Oh alright

[@slownif6436]

Third person more like God narrates my story lol.

[@sudipabhattacharya13]

GOSH THIS IS SCARY!!!! Yesterday only I'd enrolled into a short story writing contest whose theme was to write a story with the second person POV. Wondering how to go about it, I started doing research and found quite a few helpful articles on the same. However, I was shell shocked to find that Ted-ed has uploaded a video on this topic just recently. Coincidence enough? Ahh! I'm feel happy and yet so bewildered at the same time!! Thanks Ted-ed!! As always, stunning animation! 😃😃

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[@AlwaysOnForever]

@@Turquoise-Official i think its not wrong to let she happy. Its a rare moment and why not if she want to comment like that

[@Turquoise-Official]

@@AlwaysOnForever yeah but I hate it when boys like Keith Jones keep on shaming innocent people like her

[@Macrocompassion]

@@Turquoise-Official I hate the guys who criticize the other guys whose enterprise has made them rise above the guys who criticize!

[@m_1891]

Imagine how terrifying it would be to read Lolita from the 12 year-old girl’s point of view instead of Humbert’s delusional one. 🤔

[@richardsantanna5398]

😬

[@anelisajustanelisa236]

This made me uncomfortable 😩

[@anelisajustanelisa236]

@C S I think the reader pretty much accomplishes that while reading the actual book. That's the advantage of humberts point of view over lolita's.

[@obdallahsaleh1946]

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[@lolal-t2027]

Whats that i wan’a read it now

[@shweetaa]

Reading a first person book makes me the character. I can feel every feeling of that character; And that is the most beautiful feeling :)

[@riyagarg23_]

true

[@sreejasrivaram8250]

Ted ed: second person's view. Me who swam in the deep waters of Ao3 fan fics: Do you mean reader - insert?

[@PeridotFacet-FLCut-XG-og1xx]

Oh my God, yes

[@cameladeguinio6434]

Omg hahaha 2nd person pov is not my fav cup of tea since writing it is hard for me. But rn, im on my currently 50k words and more on my 2nd person pov fanfiction sksks

[@popisdeadisagoodsong9997]

I just realized how easy it is for me to write in Second Person perspective. It's kinda fun! Even though I sometimes switch to Third or First.

[@DearKnowledge]

The voice over is so perfect

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Agreed

[@QuestionEverythingButWHY]

“One person's craziness is another person's reality.” ― Tim Burton

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[@madarauchiha8508]

*One's reality might be another's fantasy. We all live in illusions.* That's most prolly Itachi, from Naruto. 😕

[@schemingweasels]

Yet another time, I realized that, in the greater scheme of things, storytelling is more than just a matter of anguishing over how limited, biased, and altered our point of views are. It's about appreciating the myriad shoes of others that we can strive to put ourselves in, no matter what kind of shoes we were predetermined or nurtured to have. TED-Ed has done a terrific yet humble job to share these wholesome messages in such a way that we'll gladly remember. Thank you all, in the most genuine sense!

[@Cuddle48]

One of my favorite examples of a 2nd person narrative perspective is the Stanley Parable. It really provides a deep connection between the narrator & you as Stanley.

[@marthapresent4992]

Love this narrator! They way she speaks makes me so focused on what she wants to say.

[@chocoluv2717]

Third person point of view is by far my favorite out of the trio! I read third point of views all the time since I really like the concept of the reader knowing both the characters' minds, knowledge and feelings. Also, not gonna lie, writing third p.o.views are fun to write and I often write stories using it!

[@BlueSkies30]

Yeah, it's easier to switch between characters in 3rd person. I like the freedom of being able to tell a book from more than one of the character's perspectives without any confusion, especially when it's in the same chapter. I'm not sure if it's still discouraged (when I took a writing class in college my teacher said to stick to one character perspective) but I still do it when it feels natural to do it. Not like I write to be published anyway. I mean, it would be nice to share and profit from days worth of work, but I wouldn't like my stories being ripped into/edited like crazy to fit publishing standards.

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Really love the videos TED-Ed. Its nice to have something to watch that is educational these days. Please dont stop making videos!!

[@yellowstarproductions6743]

Me too

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I think this is one of the most delightful animations Ted-Ed has ever done

[@hanubansal13]

Last time I was this early, I had no point of view

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“There are no facts, only interpretations.” ― Friedrich Nietzsche

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First-person is an actor for a legendary story The second person is the Conversation summarised by another character story The third person is the guy who wrote that Legendary story

[@Lulink013]

I already knew pretty much all of this but stayed because of the animation quality. Gibbonsstudio did a really good job.

[@hooked1173]

I love this animation. I find it funny, humourous and educational at the same time. Hats off to the creator. Very well done.

[@VietVuHunzter]

Thrid is a popular choice. First can be interesting. But second is unique since it's quite hard to pull it out. The Egg by Andy Weir is an excellent one on this perspective.

[@sterre217]

I don't know if any of you ever read the Book Thief by Markus Zusak, but its play on narrative is sublime. It seems like it's third person, but at the end (or if you've read the blurb :/) you realise it's (SPOILER) Death speaking, and the narrative starts shifting to first person when Death if talking about himself. Love that book.

[@fran-uq4vw]

*ironic how im struggling to choose my pov while writing a story then this popped up*

[@iya.gi_.]

Yes

[@AmbiguouslyAnonymous]

I don't want to be "that guy", but that's not irony, that's just a coincidence. A funny coincidence, sure, but not ironic.

[@vilfebacus7810]

That's the power youtube algorithm

[@dominusdone5023]

@@AmbiguouslyAnonymous "a state of affairs or an event that seems deliberately contrary to what one expects and is often amusing as a result." google definition

[@AmbiguouslyAnonymous]

@@dominusdone5023 You're three years late but yes, that would be situational irony. I wasn't aware of that at the time. Although if I were you I wouldn't use Google for definitions in the future, its definitions tend to not align with major dictionaries. In this case the definition you gave is worded pretty strangely, keyword being "deliberately contrary". Using Google's own definition that would mean "done consciously and intentionally", which means it may not even apply to this situation unless you consider the youtube algorithm as having its own consciousness. No other dictionary I can find says that deliberateness needs to be involved. A better definition would be from the website Dictionary, "an outcome of events contrary to what was, or might have been, expected." or Meriam Webster's "incongruity between the actual result of a sequence of events and the normal or expected result".

[@sebastianelytron8450]

How would you describe killing someone with a gun in the first person? First person shooter

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*you*

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*i like you*

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[@adityaoak1363]

How do you do it in the second person?

[@GoPieman]

Human Acts by Han Kang is partly in second person and i found it quite compelling- while first person makes you empathise, second person also makes you feel the weight of the situation and responsibilities. For a book like that involving activism and fighting a regime it makes sense, activism comes from a feeling of communal responsibility: that you do what you have to because you're there now and able to fight the injustice. The second person mirrors conscience guiding you - maybe even forcing you - through hardship because its the right thing to do. Well I think so... I read it a while back.

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The music was dazzling.... the animation was mind blowing.... infact this is one of the best videos I've ever watched from you Ted ed.... I just say thank you for this... It's truly inspirational

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“I suppose it is tempting, if the only tool you have is a hammer, to treat everything as if it were a nail.” ― Abraham Maslow

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[@Celestial-rn4vm]

I prefer first person when i write or read. It somehow gives me a more comfortable feeling.

[@samaelkrieg]

I have not read many good books with 2d person view, but I must say that of all I have read, Mr. B Gone is the best. The main character in the book speaks directly to the reader, as if he was trapped in the book, and it is quite realistically done. Not something you see often. I would love to see some more videos that go in depth on how to write stories in 1st and 2d person view. Especially suspenseful mysteries and/or horror.

[@TOMENTIS]

I know this gets said a lot, but this time I have to be the one to say it: The art style and animation is phenomenal!

[@GaasubaMeskhenet]

I write 3rd person but it gets so emotional with the characters that it sometimes gives a first person feel. The protag continued walking but, ugh, why was it talking so long? Their feet drug the ground as they wished they would. Just. Reach.... Home!!!

[@hamzamalik-ln3ch]

The animation in this video is hilarious and very well done. The characters make it so much easier to process the information and store it. Props to the animator/artist!

[@borutoshippuden8689]

I was planing to write a book in quarentine. Was deciding which point of veiw I will try and now just watched a video from TED-ed. Its so much helpful. Thanks a lot TED-ed!!!!!

[@InsaneBoiiikevs]

You guys have the best animations

[@rayka2588]

The animation is just astonishing.

[@ricardoaugustovillabustama2206]

This video reminds me the critics of Fernando Vallejo about Gabriel García Márquez, because he always wrote in third person, Vallejo says that writing in that way is to have a paper omniscient, a god.

[@rajeswarireddy64]

Second person is basically every goosebumps book ever written... they tell you what to do/turn the page to Change ur fate...

[@afuu794]

If you want to add details in your writing, you can see a movie and paused it when the camera point changes then write down the detain what u see on the movie

[@uuitgaurav]

Just today I was reading on transition of story from one perspective to another and I got notification of this video.

[@DaanBrandt]

This is fit for English class just as it is. Way better than most current materials. Congratulations with this piece

[@Amy-G-Dala-]

A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara jumps between several points of views, it's disorienting but also beautiful. It's long though, and has a heart breaking ending.

[@cccaaa702]

"'Once upon a time there was an aspiring author who wanted to write. He began to type aggressively on his typewriter.' You say as you read the story aloud." said I as I read the fanfic to my siblings.

[@Jorge-cl1pr]

The animation reminded me of Quino, a cartoonist I really liked as a kid. Made me a little nostalgic.

[@gibbonsstudio8524]

It was our principal reference! ;-)

[@Jorge-cl1pr]

@@gibbonsstudio8524 great work!

[@J1P2K]

I went to a conference, where Markus Zusak was having a lecture. He talked about how he tried writing "The Book Thief" in different styles, before finding the right one. He tried the girl, 3rd person, and Death in different ways, before finally finding the one that worked.

[@isabellazhou6109]

There is no better animation than this video

[@veryberry39]

I love the little author!

[@willsolacemahsaamini8681]

I love how every Ted-Ed animations have a type of story with this one having this tiny man writing on typewriter and I love it ✨

[@ashdos7205]

Have u ever asked yourself this? WHO IS TED? This amazing dude that makes us wanna learn

[@Macrocompassion]

TED is the mirror image of QED, the answer is easily done syndrome at the end of Euclidean proofs.

[@kylereifeldelvillar9734]

I remember in 8th grade when my English teacher told me that second person pov is not considered as a pov (I've written second person pov fanfics during that time). I wanna show her this vid to prove her wrong

[@journaliry464]

I've written over 120 chapters in second person before. One of the characters in it was a blind prosecutor, and telling parts of the story from her perspective was so interesting, what was going on around her visually had to be told from other characters. It made the way I told the story feel much more personal.

[@szzzz-uu9fc]

"Second person is a less common choice" So who's gonna tell her about y/n fanfics..

[@ranjusrivastava7509]

There's a legend that ted-ed uploads the videos about the topic you would be thinking recently. And it's true. It always happens with me.❤️❤️

[@ruffedgrouse2711]

This reminds me of a video I watched about first and third person video games and what a second person video game might look like. They ended up giving an example of a game where in one segment you are CONTROLLING your character(in the game's case, ) but LOOKING AT THEM through the eyes of another character (in the games case, the person chasing your car)

[@notneean]

I love how the animations were done!

[@hhughes9465]

The animation for this video is amazing. Particularly love everything done for The Remains of the Day. (Also, how does Ted always know what video I need? Have been facing the dilemma of which pov to use for the past few days now 😬)

[@Nia-yz4ft]

Ted ed's speakers speak like as if they're casting a spell. Thank you our narrator . We love all POV you incorporate in your videos!

[@georgiace7269]

How does Ted have perfect timing? I was thinking about this just last night

[@clementlobut]

The comment section is grateful for your video You start to feel great

[@AveryTalksAboutStuff]

I absolutely love the narrator's impression of the prince. 😂😊

[@nexo7181]

Honestly.. The animation are the best combine with witty jokes... This video is perfect evern though I don't like reading books

[@itsnotyasir]

The animation in this should be considered an art in itself. So Beautiful 😍 💖

[@ellanica]

TED-Ed: Second person is barely used- Wattpad writers: Yo.

[@Xiodazer]

My favourite usage of perspectives comes from the poem "The View from Halfway Down" out of the show BoJack Horseman. It goes as follows: The weak breeze whispers nothing The water screams sublime His feet shift, teeter-totter Deep breath, stand back, it’s time Toes untouch the overpass Soon he’s water bound Eyes locked shut but peek to see The view from halfway down A little wind, a summer sun A river rich and regal A flood of fond endorphins Brings a calm that knows no equal You’re flying now You see things much more clear than from the ground It’s all okay, it would be Were you not now halfway down Thrash to break from gravity What now could slow the drop All I’d give for toes to touch The safety back at top But this is it, the deed is done Silence drowns the sound Before I leaped I should’ve seen The view from halfway down I really should’ve thought about The view from halfway down I wish I could’ve known about The view from halfway down As the subject approaches the water, the perspective shifts from third person, to second, to first. 3... 2... 1...

[@diptark]

Literally wonderful! I love the way this channel explains. Maybe it's the best channel for information.

[@journaliry464]

I really recommend watching "This Is What a "Second-Person" Video Game Would Look Like" here on youtube.

[@IrresistibleWitch]

Great video game! thanks

[@deyent1747]

Love this art style. Huge Quintin Blake vibes

[@opanmustafa7978]

I've tried first and third person POV for my previous books. Now, I try second person POV for the very first time. It's hard but fun challenge for me.

[@gslivefbli]

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[@PeridotFacet-FLCut-XG-og1xx]

try searching "reader-insert fictions" as examples

[@johnjeromegutierrez4936]

i really love ted-ed videos. they make me feel like i need to learn more from the outside world and improve my skills. love it

[@quochuyle1771]

I personally like 2nd person point of view, maybe because it is less common than the other two :D!

[@Necroxion]

4:55 dat sword flourish gives me goosebumps every time

[@nallyaaaaaa]

i'm telling you, every time i wanna log in to wattpad and write my book, ted-ed magically appears with these writing tips videos o_O

[@lizard5341]

Same

[@BluMacaw]

I want to remind people of forgotten gem of the 2nd person narration. Hypnosis. Since it’s meant to be listined not read there’s a different sort of feelings coming along with. Something of a narration of your life, which reading yourself don’t provide. And that really puts you inside the story.

[@VR-jg3sp]

A GREAT use of animation that is enhancing the VO. Bravo!!

[@dq7860]

Insanely helpful, my English teacher showed us this yesterday.

[@tomsteenblok5080]

If on a winter's night a traveller is honestly one of the best novels I have ever read

[@toa7401]

The animation. Oh my God. It's ridiculously good. So fun to watch! You notice new things every time! So cool!!!

[@kellyappiah2061]

Love the animation

[@bonkeroooo]

This animation is so quirky and fun and compliments the theme if the video very well. Good job!

[@mariila5143]

The animations on this one are my favorite jet!

[@kaleeatkate]

Ted-Ed should be my school. This is where I learn like, pretty much everything.

[@irenebrooke783]

Okay but can we appreciate the animators? This is golden

[@FranticEnemy126]

Changing my phone from portrait to landscape for better point of view

[@strange_and_magnificent]

Ted Ed is my English teacher, now, and forever.

[@salmahazem9156]

I love how the open window and the wind blowing the paper off the table is SO relatable...

[@blueeye2281]

The most I saw in the comments- ‘Books in review’ writing quotes ‘OwO’ replying first with a letter ‘pro piano tutorials’ advertising himself

[@SoirEkim]

Great info but the animations Coupled with how simple it was intrigued me more. Bravo to the animation team!

[@mechstory3449]

What a beautiful animation! I was so distracted by the animation that I forgot what was being said.

[@shreeyamittal1771]

Really loved this video, and the animations were just brilliant. The video explained beautifully and in great depth, a facet of writing not considered really important by most.

[@J1P2K]

I've only seen 2nd person used in "chose your own adventure' books. Writing 1st person of someone from 3rd person story is a good writing exercise.

[@ralphrogers4355]

Lol I wanna story told to us, the reader, in third person.. but with interjections from the main character in first person, who can hear the narrator, but only as things happen. And either a voice in the main characters head/ conscious that talks in second person, which may be directed at the reader or the main character.. maybe the narrator can’t hear the 2nd person but can hear the main character and the reader.. the main can hear both, but is unaware of the reader, and the voice in the head is aware of everything lol

[@chassidycook9725]

My son has to write a character analysis in first person. His character is Prince Prospero from The Masque of the Red Death by Edgar Allen Poe. He’s a sophomore and has no clue how to start the speech! Which is why I am on You-Tube sharing this video with him!😄 Prospero only speaks one sentence in the story and so I think having to write it in first person may be a bit tricky!