Literary Focus: Point of view (Gentleman of Rio en Medio)

9)Hypothesize this story is told from the point of view of a narrator who is a character in the story. How might this story differ if Don Anselmo were the narrator.

If the story changed the narrator, from a lawyer who supervised a negotiation to Don Anselmo, the story will be different. In the point of view of lawyer, there are just a few details how Don Anselmo’s land or house look like. If it turned to Don Anselmo point of view, he would describe his memory about land and his house more details or why he sold his properties beside for money.


I believe that Don Anselno would deeply explain why he sold his land (8 acres = 8 soccer fields)and house with only twelve hundred dollars because that was his decision, maybe he sold his properties not only because American are his friends. Also Don Alselmo would explain why he refused to double the price twice of his land and house. Personally, I think that he might have enough money to live the rest of his life, that’s why he didn’t double the price up.