Point of View

"Left Behind: A Novel of the Earth's Last Days" by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins is a work of fiction written in the third person omniscient point of view. The third person omniscient is appropriate for this book because it is able to reveal a wide variety of happenings and to allow the reader to witness all of the action in the story. This is a typical point of view for a fiction work, rather than using a first person point of view. A first person point of view tends to delve deeper into the emotions of the narrator or main character but often leaves much unseen.

In "Left Behind" there is a great deal going on worldwide. Through the third person omniscient point of view, the reader can, in essence, be everywhere at once.

The objectivity afforded through this point of view is also...