Narrator and point of view

The short story “Chicken Little Goes Too Far” by Margaret Atwood is told by a third-person omniscient narrator. For the main part of the story, the narrator takes on the perspective of the main character, Chicken Little. For example, we know that after Chicken Little’s unsuccessful conversation with Goosey Loosey, he is “disconsolate” (l. 40). Also, we are occasionally given insight into the minds of the other characters, as well. For instance, we are told that Skunky Punky “was tired of his job and wanted to pick a fight” (l. 50). 

At the end of the story, the perspective switches from Chicken Little to that of Hoggy Groggy and Foxy Loxy. For instance, we learn that Foxy Loxy did not bother much with tables, because “as far as he was concerned they ...