POINT OF VIEW Determines who is telling the story—the perspective, or vantage point from which an author presents a story. noun 1. a specified or stated manner of consideration or appraisal; standpoint: from the point of view of a doctor. 2. an opinion, attitude, or judgment: He refuses. Welcome to another Weekend Edition show at Point of View. Joining Kerby around the table today is Penna Dexter and Liberty Institute's Kelly Shackelford. Definition of Third Person Point of View. Third-person point of view is a narrative mode in which the primary characters within a written work are referred to by. Experiencing the Jewish Holocaust in Los Angeles: The Beit Hashoah—Museum of Tolerance. Harold Marcuse. Other Voices, v.2, n.1 (February 2000) In the first person point of view, the narrator is telling a story and is a character in the story. He or she is directly involved in the events that happen. A definition of the term third person point of view as it applies to the craft of fiction writing. Third person point of view may be limited or omniscient.