outh, one can grasp the importance of point of view in the narration of such events. It is undoubtedly clear that the two texts both show how rough her life was, though Agee does this in an entirely different fashion. Not only is she the most interesting, but also she goes through the most change. She moved around extensively and at times was impulsive. “But anyway he got the license and came after me and I ran away when I saw him coming. I went about three miles…” she states, showing her impulse to act without thorough thought.After reading her own account one can see that Emma’s life was very tough with the death of her mother. She had to work and take care of her father instead of attending school like other children. “I had to start cooking, milking the cow, going to the field too when I had time… I didn’t know how to do anything and I needed her so bad,” Emma writes. The main distinction between the two texts, however, is the way in which Agee displays Emma as a highly sexual individual. After reading Emma’s version, Agee’s account seems to become a lot less valid. Agee’s choice of using Emma as the focus of his work illustrates the difficult life in the south at the time, but he does so in a totally different fashion. With such an overbearing sexual premise, the reader is often sidetracked from the point he is attempting to make. However, after reading Emma’s version, the reader can see that there is a lot more to the story.In such an occurrence, point of view plays a very important role in understanding a course of events or feelings. No one can express a story better than a person that was directly involved. That is what makes Emma’s version much more feasible than Agee’s. Agee could never understand what Emma was feeling which directly affects her actions and emotions. On the other hand, some aspects of Emma’s story could hav...
