Don't think about it

(Authors note: This essay is about some examples on how point of view is reflected in the short story Dead Man's Path)

There are examples of Point Of View in every short story or book ever made. Although some stories have some extraordinary examples of it, in the short story Dead Man’s Path there are no exceptions.

So far Chinua Achebe, the main character has been promoted to another school and has given himself a simple task, to make the school more modern. Wretchedly the village’s beliefs are making his job near imposable he wants to take down a path leading through the school. This is where point of view comes in, Chinua sees it as, “There is no reason not to take the path down, it’s an eyesore and kids are butchering the plants”. Just as Chinua gives the word the town starts ruling with a stone fist. The towns think because that path leads to a cemetery that all of the solders that where killed in the Civil war use that path to locate the cemetery.

Another example is, shortly after Chinua closes the path a few kids destroy the courtyard. The courtyard is a disaster and now a government worker is coming to see Chinua’s progress with the school. In his eyes he has made a terrible mistake and is worried about what the worker is going to think.

Overall, Mr. Achebe is a cocky but bold man. It seems as if he will do nearly anything to change this school but he found out real quickly, do not mess with people’s beliefs. This short story seems like it was made to demonstrate Point Of View.