My Book's Perspectve

   I am reading Candyfloss by Jacqueline Wilson. This book is about a girl named Flora who loves spending time with her dad, but then her mum and stepdad, Steve decide to move to Austrailia for six months (because of Steve's job). This book is told in first person. An example of how I know is when it said "I had two birthdays in one week". Another is "My first birthday was on Friday". Also it says "My little half brother", "I blew out all my candles" and "I had my birthday breakfast in bed". I can tell that the story is in first person because it uses "I" and "my" a lot.
   Flora's (the main character) perspective was revealed directly when she said "I blew out all my candles". It was revealed directly because she said "I". Also, Flora says "I just wanted to please her". It was told directly because, again, she said "I". Another example of how her perspective was directly revealed was when she said "I showed off my rose-quartz bracelet to Mum when I got home from school". This also revealed her perspective directly because she says "I" and "my".
   Also, Flora's perspective can be indirectly revealed. For example she says "Mum, Tiger's eating him!". Now, even though this sentance doesn't use I, me, myself, etc. we can still tell that this is from Flora's perspective because she says "Mum" and when you say mum, you're usually talking to your own mother. Also, another example of how her perspective was indirectly revealed was when she said "you're my best friend in the whole, entire world!" Now, even though it doesn't say we, us, me, etc., this scene is happening with Flora's best friend Rhiannon, so you can tell that Flora is involved.
   An example of how the narration shapes the reader's perspective on a person in the story is when Flora says to her stepdad, Steve "You wait. He's going to be heaps more successful than you are, Steve. I said as I grabbed my bag and shot out of the car" (she's talking about her real dad to Steve). From this quote, I feel that Steve is a person who is rude and acts very big headed, even though he may not be. I feel this because when she says how someone else is gong to be more successful than him, she says it in a way that makes the reader feel like he thinks that he's far better than everyone else. An example of how the narration shapes the reader's perspective on an event in the story is when Flora and her actual dad, Charlie, see eachother. They hug, kiss and they talk about how much they have missed each other. You can honestly tell that they love each other so much from the way the event is told.
   In the story, ther's a sentence that uses ponder :).