In Which We Get Multiple Points Of View

"I was provoked!"

Dennis plead his case with the self-assurance of someone who refused to consider another point of view. Amy pitied him.

"It doesn't matter what he said to you. You can't just punch someone."

Amy's pacifism, for all its naiveté, no longer had even a slight element of cuteness. Dennis knew firsthand how ugly the world could actually be.

The couple continued their argument, their voices drifting across the park. Emily shook her head. It was obvious they were terrible for each other.

Dixon watched the lonely woman, her contempt written plain. "Judge not lest ye be judged."

Dueling Perspectives

I stumble down the street.

Everything about that night is pretty hazy.

There's no one around. I'm completely alone.

But I couldn't have imagined the gunshot. If everything else was a dream, that was real.

I look down to see if I've been shot. There's blood on my hands.

I don't remember seeing a gun. They said the gun was mine, but I don't remember having one.

I don't know where the man came from, but he's lying on the ground.

I didn't know until later he was sleeping with my wife.

The man is dead.

The man was dead.The Daily Theme from Figment for April 3, 2012

Choose a significant incident in your life. The incident should be discreet, with a beginning, middle, and end (a date, a car accident, a major embarrassment). Tell the story of the incident by moving between two points of view--your perspective at the time of the incident and your perspective now. How are these two different? How does shifting between them affect the telling? Try to use these shifts in POV to show how your feelings about the event have changed over time.