1st Person VS 3rd Person

In a Nutshell,

These are the Advantages & Disadvantages from Telling the Story in the 1st Person or 3rd Person:

In 1st Person, it usually allows you to see the scene from the narrator’s eyes, it looks as if the narrator is you pair of eyes, guiding you through the whole story (especially in detective stories). However, there is a disadvantage here because the narrator may be only part of the story and will not appear on every page, as such, we are not able to see the whole story. 1st Person also allows readers to access the feelings & opinions of the narrator, which in turn allows us to know the relationship in the story between the narrator and another character. In conclusion, the 1st Person wants readers to concentrate on the narrator, what he sees, what he does and what he thinks.

In 3rd Person, it usually allows us to see the whole story, from different points of view, example, what Character A does, see and thinks and what Character B see, does and think. Besides, we can also get access to all the feelings of ALL characters in the story (if that is the author’s plan). To say it in a different way, it allows us to know everything about each character, whether they are major or minor, their personal traits and facts about them. In conclusion, it allows us to see the whole story.

To conclude, in my own opinion, I would choose the 3rd Person because one, it is easier to write due to the fact that we can write the whole story out and not confuse your readers. It is also easier to expand the story compared to 1st Person. In 1st Person, it is really EASY to make mistakes if you do not have 100 percent concentration, you will tend to confuse who your narrator is and in the end, you will have many characters being the narrator, destroying the whole story.