[PW] story told from the book's point of view

[Israel Cohen]

For her 11th grade English class at an Israeli highschool, my daughter
had to write about Shakespeare's "Hamlet". She did this by adding two
characters to the play -- two old women who make insightful comments
to each other as they watch the actions of Shakespeare's characters.

In "Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid", Douglas Hofstadter
describes a pushdown stack by having two characters read about the
actions they had just performed. When telling this story, I would use
the names of the listeners. For example, Erez & Libby entered the
room, saw the large book on the table, opened it,and begin reading.
What they read was: "Erez & Libby entered the room, saw the large book
on the table, opened it,and begin reading. What they read was:...". By
the time I began the next iteration, my two youngest kids, Erez and
Libby, would be "in stitches" laughing.

Finally, there is a famous Israeli children's story, "The Little Green
Man", who lives in a world where *everything* is green. While taking a
walk one morning he encounters a little blue man and asks "Who are
you?" The little blue man explains: "I'm from another story."

ciao,
Israel "izzy" Cohen