THE JOURNAL OF OTTO PELTONEN

POINT OF VIEWS

• First person- I can't believe you're moving
• Second person- you are an awesome person
• Third person- he broke your phone, not me

POINT OF VIEW

• Objective- Sees and hears everything
• Omaliscient- he knows everything and tells the reader whatever he wants
• limited Omaliscient- Knows the thoughts of just one character

THE NARRATOR

• A 15 year old man named Otto Peltonen is telling the story
• Example 1: "That way, Otto," she said, "I can see it through your eyes.
• Example 2: I still can't believe how tall you got, Otto.
• He was born is Lehtimäki, Finland
• He is going to America along with his mom and his two sisters to stay with his dad

THE NARRATER CONTINUED

• He worked as a coal miner
• Got married a the age of 27
• Got wounded in WWI by a machine gun

THE NARRATORS POINT OF VIEW

• The narrator is somebody in the story
• Example: I touched mothers shoulder and said let me.
• Example two: I can't believe how quiet our farm is.
• The book is first person
• Example: I asked father who owned the big castle-style house

THE NARRATORS POINT OF VIEW CONTINUED

• Example 2: I saw 40 or 50 saloons.
• The narrator is talking about Ottos thoughts
• Example 1: once again I saw only a handful of ladies.
• Example 2: I was surprised that Finn town had a sauna

THE NARRATOR'S POINT OF VIEW CONTINUED

• The narrator tells what's happening in the story in first person.
• Example 1: we are getting ready to plant lots of different vegetables.
• Example 2: we had another heavy downpour.

THE BIG QUESTION

• The narrative point of view helps the story because it's in first person

NARRATOR IDENTIFICATION

• The book is about his thoughts
• His name is mentioned many times in the story
• His name is on the cover of the book

THE STRENGTH OF THE STORY

• It is a more believable story
• It is a more detailed story
• It is a more accurate story

ABOUT MOM

• she cleans the house and feeds the chickens
• She buys new furniture
• She makes the food
• Ottos mom

ABOUT DAD

• Works in the mine
• When he is not in the mine he is at the lumber yard
• Made the house there living in
• Ottos dad

ABOUT LISA

• Youngest of the family
• Ottos sister
• She got married at 19

ABOUT HELENA

• She loved airplanes
• Otto sister
• Hung out with friends

ABOUT THE STORY

• First mom,Otto,Lisa,and Helena get on a boat to America
• Next Otto meats a new friend and they hang out all the time
• Also Otto finds out that Nikko's dad works in the same mine but gets payed more
• After that Otto gets a job in the mines
• the first time he comes up from the mine he finds out that there is a sauna

ABOUT THE STORY CONTINUED

• Then some of the miners make a group to go agents the owners of the minne
• Then ottos family leaves the area and bye a farm away from the town
• After that Ottos friend nikko leaves America to live with his family in Finland

OPINION

• I think that the book is good
• There are a lot of forren words wich make the book a little hard

IN CONCLUSION

• In conclusion the book was not my favort but it was good.