Almost all people who love reading funny books read them from the first-person point of view. Usually, what authors do is that when they write a novel from the point of view of a specific character, they want the reader to relate to that character and their emotions; this is where identity comes into play. Identity is a state of mind in which someone recognizes who they truly are and how they define or see themselves as being (Study mode). This is exactly what the author is trying to convey to the main character. This is completely the opposite of what Julia Alvarez does in her novel. He wants the reader to learn and understand the protagonist through other characters. She creates a protagonist who never tells her own story, but still comes to life through the observations other people make about her. In ¡Yo! by Julia Alvarez, demonstrates the theme of identity through the perspectives of multiple narrators. These narrators tell the reader about their experiences with Yolanda Garcia and their feelings towards her; particularly the foreigner, the student and the stalker. To begin with, the author illustrates the theme of identity through the foreigner. Consuelo is a humble, elderly woman raising her granddaughter, Wendy, in extreme poverty in the Dominican Republic. Her daughter Ruth, Wendy's mother, is busy working three jobs in New York while trying to support herself and her abusive husband. Almost every week Consuelo receives a letter from Ruth summarizing the details of her life in the last few days. However, there was a week when Consuelo did not receive any letters from her daughter. She takes this as a sign of attention and writes to her as soon as possible. There is one problem,......middle of paper......and that what he's doing is scary. He begins to harass her and basically torment her until “[she] [starts] crying holding her sides and sobbing. (290). What this shows about Yo is that even though she is a collected and balanced woman, there seems to be an innocent girl inside her who is still afraid of the world around her. In conclusion, Yo seen as an outsider, the student, and the stalker all showed the theme of identity. Instead the protagonist, traditionally in the first person, tells the reader about his traits and nature; the author gets other characters to share their impressions and thoughts about her, which makes up the entire story. Works Cited Alvarez, Julia. Hey!. Chapel Hill: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 1997. "Identity." Study mode. Np, September 2006. Web. 13 May 2014. .