USER: 6. How does a difference between the reader's point of view and the characters' points of view affect the story? (Story is as follows: As soon as Hector heard the bell ring, he leaped out of his seat and was halfway to his locker before the rest of his classmates had even gathered their belongings. He hastily opened his locker. His mind racing, he could not remember what he needed to bring home with him for homework that night. He dropped all of his books and binders into his backpack and half-walked, half-jogged down the hall to the theater room. Hector took a deep breath, clenched his fists, and strode to the door, but the list was not there. His shoulders sunk under the weight of unfulfilled expectations and one hundred pounds of textbooks. He retreated across the hall and slid down to the floor to wait. "Hector, Hector, what does it say? Am I on the list? I cannot cope with another semester of stage crew when I was born for the stage!" Hector's friend Alana came bouncing down the hallway, displaying a chaotic energy. Alana was juggling her bag, several paperback books, and a giant water bottle. Per usual she was a mass of frazzled nerves and tangled hair. Alana dramatically marched to the door, saw that nothing was posted, and sank back against a locker. "It's not there! How can that be when we finished auditions ages ago and Mr. Thacker swore that he would have the list up by 4:00 p.m. today? I just don't think I can wait much longer to find out if I am in the show!" Ala...

USER: 6. How does a difference between the reader's point of view and the characters' points of view affect the story? It makes the reader more surprised than the characters when Hector and Alana get parts. It makes Alana think that she does not really deserve a part in the play. It makes the reader feel that Hector is a good person. It makes Alana's problem seem less serious than Alana thinks it is.