Jane Eyre Point of View Exercise

First Person Point of View:
"Our clothing was insufficient to protect us from the sever cold: we had no boots, the snow got into out shoes and melted there; our ungloved hands became numbed and covered with chilblains, as were our feet: I remember well the distracting irritation I endured from this cause, every evening when my feet inflamed; and the torture of thrusting the swelled, raw, and stiff toes into my shoes in the morning. Then the scanty supply of food was distressing: with the keen appetites of growing children, we had scarcely sufficient to keep alive a delicate invalid. From this deficiency of nourishment resulted an abuse, which pressed hardly on the younger pupils" (57).

Third Person Point of View:
The children's clothing was insufficient to protect them from the sever cold: they had no boots, the snow got into their shoes and melted there; their ungloved hands became numbed with chilblains, as were their feet: It was a distracting irritation they endured from this cause, every evening when their feet were inflamed; and the torture of thrusting the swelled, raw, and stiff toes into their shoes in the morning. Then the scanty supply of food they received was distressing: with the keen appetites of growing children, they had scarcely sufficient to keep alive a delicate invalid. From this deficiency of nourishment resulted an abuse, which pressed hardly on the younger pupils.

Analysis:
This excerpt being in third person point of view is very difficult to determine who the protagonist is. Yes, the children are the main focus point of the paragraph, but there is no one person who could be the protagonist. Where as in the first person point of view, one can tell that Jane is the protagonist by the use of "we" and "us". This excerpt also loses it's feeling. In the first person point of few, one can really feel and relate to what the children are feeling because it is on a more personal level, but in the third person point of view, one can almost just pass over the harshness the children are feeling because there is nothing to draw one on a personal level, it's almost just like stating fact, unlike in the first person point of view the use of "we" and "us" makes the reader feel like they are part of the story.