Three+Cups+of+Tea+Point+of+View

Discussion about **point of view** in //Three Cups of Tea// will go here.


 * Who is telling the story of Three Cups of Tea? **

David Oliver Relin is telling the story, but he taking what Greg says and writing it. That is why it says Mortenson sat at the table and Greg felt. It's also why would it say By Greg Mortenson **__AND__** David Oliver Relin. ​

I know that David Oliver Relin wrote the book but why is he never talked about in the book, even thow he was with Greg Mortenson the whole time?

I don't think that he was with Mortenson the whole, time. He was with him for some of it, but not all of it.


 * A man named David Oliver Relin, a journalist who was with Greg Mortenson for most of his journey. " Working on this book was a true collaboration. I wrote the story. But Greg Mortenson lived it." Relin stated in the introduction of the novel. The way that Relin wrote about Mortenson made the impression that Mortenson was a saint. He must have done wonderful things after failing to climb K2.**

I just have one question about what is above. I'm not saying that you're wrong, I just didn't find that in my reading. I may have just missed it, or misunderstood it.

I think that the reason that you didn't see it is because I'm reading the adult version. The quote that I used must not have been included in the young adult version.

The introduction is written by David Oliver Relin, and he is also listed as one of the authors next to Greg Mortenson. I haven't seen anything in the main part of the book that states that it is from his point of view yet, but it makes sense that he is the one telling the story. (This is about the above question)

The story is told from the Greg Mortenson's point of view. Greg Mortenson is a very courageous person. He has climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro and other, various mountains. I think that he likes to have challenges, because he and his group decided to take on "West Ridge", the harder path up K2. He is very dedicated, and shows that by trying to leave Christa's necklace at the top of K2.

I agree that the book is in Greg Mortensons point of view, but I just wanted to know why you think it’s in Oliver Relin point of view?

It was written in Davis Oliver Relin's point of view because he explains it in the introduction. Another reason is that he uses Mortenson's quotes. For example, on page 52, it says, "Children had taken the first step toward building the school," Mortenson says. This may not have been in the book that some of you read, though, because there are two versions of the book.Some of us are reading one, and some of us are reading the other, which seems to be confusing people, including me.

Oliver Relin just assisted Greg Mortenson in writing the book, all of the ideas came from Greg Mortenson.

I think that we may not ever find out exactly who is telling the story, but I don't think it is from Greg Mortenson's point of view because, if it was, it would be less awkward for him to speak of himself in third person. Don't you agree it would be easier for him to express his feelings by saying "I felt" instead of "Greg felt"? The book might might be from neither Greg's nor Oliver's point of view, but it still makes sense to me that Oliver Relin is telling the story because of the way he sets the stage in the introduction.

Now, after reading again, I now know that Oliver Relin helped write the book.

There isn't much to use to find out who wrote the book,but my theory is that Greg Mortenson told the story, but maybe he wanted an experienced writer like Oliver Relin to write the book for him so the book could be intruiging for others to say. As others say, you can tell that Greg Mortenson didn't exactly write the book because he says "Greg" instead of "I" and it quotes him.

Oliver Relin is the author, but Greg Mortenson told him the story. When the author writes about another person's life, that's called a biography, but if the person tells the author the story himself or herself, it's called a memoir. Why do you think Greg didn't write the book himself?

I think Greg Mortenson and Oliver Relin both wrote the book together.

I think that Greg wanted his book to be the best it possibly could, so he wanted help putting his story on paper.

I think maybe Greg was too busy to have time to write the book so he asked Oliver Relin to write the book for him.

Greg did right a book of his own called __Stones into Schools: Promoting Peace with Books__. David wrote the book when it was happening, and at that time, Greg was extremely busy.

I think that Greg and Olivia worked together to write this inspirational book, because Greg told Olivia the story but she was the one to actually write the book.

Who is Olivia? I haven't seen anyone with that name in the book. Do you mean Oliver?

I think that Greg Mortenson may not have written the book because he is a busy guy with a life too. He is probablly pretty busy building all those schools. Not all people are very skilled at writing and maybe he didn't want to. I probably wouldn't like to write an autobiography either.

I believe that Greg Mortenson is telling the story because in the book he refers to himself. I don't think the author, Oliver Relin, had anything to do with the great story of Greg Mortenson, as I can see so far in the book.

On page 56, Greg said, "...although there were many things the Balti did not have, they did have an uncomplicated happiness that was becoming very rare in the world." Do you think the Balti are happy? Could you be happy living there?

I think the Balti are happy because they think that what they have is all they need to be happy, although that maybe all they need to be happy. I would be happy living there if there was enough food and water to survive.

I think that the Balti people have a very happy disposition even when challenges come before them. They make everything they do enjoyable and I think that is very rare that people can be happy under their circumstances. I would be happy living there because I would be inspired by the Balti people and their happiness would probably be contagious. But, I would hope to have a enough water and food to survive too.

I think the Balti people are happy because their lives could be worse. For example, they could have no food at all and no place to live.

"Happy" for them is different. If they can bring home money for their family, they would happy. But if we were to feel the exact same way we might not describe it as happy.

How did the new bridge change the lives of the women of Korphe?

The bridge made the women much happier. Before, when there was no bridge, the women could not visit their families in close cities. Now that there is a bridge, Korphe is more connected to the world, and that gave the women good piece of mind. They probably felt a lot better knowing that they could just walk across a bridge and see their families.

I think the bridge made the women happier because they feel more connected to the world and not closed into just Korphe and it is now easier for them to visit other villages than it was before. It changed their lives because it made a path accross the icy river that made it easier to cross and they did not have to find a detour.

I didn't exactly know which category to put this into, but I was reading an article about Greg Mortenson, and I read something about one of the villagemen in Korphe, where he was nursed back to health. I haven't gotten to this part of the book yet, but according to [|AlterNet], the Taliban threatened to kill any child or teacher who would go to school the next day. A teacher ended up biking almost 23 miles, and he killed 2 Taliban men, and gained information about plots from the others. This man was very brave, and thanks to him, the schools were reopened a few days later.

The bridg made the woman's lives a lot easer, because it would take them less time to cross the river to see their families.

The women needed an easier way to cross the river to get go to the goods and family I believe the bridge made the women feel less isolated from the world. The Bridge also helped the women by allowing them to cross the river safely to see their familes. Peole now feel so happy that they can see their family members. Before there was no bridge which made Korphe so isolated. Also with this bridge goods can come in so people have food and other supplies. This bridge helped a lot of people who were not enjoying their lives. ods and to visit family.