In the twenty days since the river crossing at Bruinsburg, Mississippi, Grant had marched his troops 180 miles, inflicting 7,200 casualties at a cost of 4,300 of his own, winning five of five battles: Port Gibson, Raymond, Jackson, Champion Hill, and Big Black River, and not losing a single gun or stand of colors.
When a narrator uses the word âIâ to tell most of the story, this is the first-person point of view. First-person point of view allows readers to see and hear what the narrator sees and hears and also allows them access to the narratorâs thoughts. A first person narrator is usually a major character in the story and is often the protagonist.
Third-person point of view can be omniscient, in which the narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of all of the characters in the story, or limited, in which the narrator only relates his own thoughts, feelings, and knowledge of various situations and other characters.