Hoot | Style

Hoot Style

Third-person Limited Omniscient Viewpoint

Hoot is written using a third-person limited omniscient viewpoint. This means that the story is told through an omniscient or "all-knowing" narrator instead of being directly told by one of the characters. Often, the third-person limited omniscient viewpoint allows the reader to know the thoughts of only one character, usually the main character. However, the story for Hoot is told through three different, alternating viewpoint characters: Roy Eberhardt, police officer David Delinko, and the bald construction site foreman called Curly. The author intertwines their stories to offer the reader a more complete picture of the motivations and circumstances that shape the events taking place in Coconut Cove.