point of view

     A "point of view" in the literary sense, means the point of view the author of a piece uses to tell the tale. Is the author or writer telling the story, or having one of the characters tell it?
     A work of fiction may be written in the "first person". The first person is "I", me, us, or "we". We use it to talk about ourselves. A person telling a story in the first person uses the word "I" or "we", and tells a story about what has happened to him or her. Non-fiction may also be written in the "first person". A letter might be written in this way, or an autobiography. A travel piece might also be written this way.
     The "second person" is you. We use the second person to talk to people. A set of instructions or directions might be written in the second person, but probably not a work of fiction.
     The "third person" is someone else--he, she, it, they, them, her, or him. We use the third person to talk about other people, or to write about them, whether fiction or non-fiction.