How Point of View is changed

    The point of view is not exactly changed between the story and the movie of "A Worn Path." But, the point of view is shown or displayed in a different way between the movie and the story. There is a difference in how the audience may interpret the point of view to be. The point of view of the story makes the audience feel like they are being told or described something, where as the movie represents the story as though the audience is right there watching the story as it happens.

The point of view in the story "A Worn Path," by Eudora Welty, is nonparticipant objective, because even though the narrator is not a character, the narrator however describes Phoenix and describes what she is going through and the things she sees in her mind. The audience or readers are seeing these events happen and being played out, but without any judgment or ideas about these characters put into his or her mind. The narrator or point of view paints a picture for the setting and the mood of the story. It is very descriptive in describing the events that Phoenix experiences during her journey. The style of this point of view makes the audience feel like they are being told this story from an outsider point of view. This is the main difference in the movie, because the audience feels like he or she is the outsider watching the story as it takes place.

The movie does not have someone telling the audience what is going on, rather it uses characters and demonstrates what is going on. The point of view is still a nonparticipant objective. The reason being because, the audience becomes the outsider or the fly on the wall that is watching the story being played out. But, it does however eliminate the fact that the audience feels like he or she is being told the story, almost like eliminating the middle man. The use of settings and actors eliminates the fact that the audience is told by a narrator, instead the audience is shown what happens. The point of view is almost invisible in the movie, but yet it is still there. The point of view is somewhat invisible because, the audience does not have someone telling the story, but it is still there because it is brought to life by the actors.

The difference of point of view in the story and movie is simply that in the story the point of view is clearly nonparticipant objective, the audience is being told the story through an outsider and through the movie the audience becomes that outsider or flies on the wall. The audience is shown the point of view almost through the outsider's eyes rather being describe and told the story through the outsider's words. This difference makes the point of view change because, it makes the audience feel like he or she is the outsider watching the story happen. Therefore, the point of view between the story and the movie is not changed completely, but it is altered, which makes the audience see the story take place rather then hear about it.

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