In The Princess Bride by William Goldman, Goldman makes abridgements that cause the reader infuriation, and devastation through his change of point of view. At this point in the story, readers are on extreme edge, they want to know Westley’s life or death outcome, also at a point where they’re so angry with Prince Humperdinck they just want him dead. The instance that causes the reader anger, is in the quote “Nobody kills him. He lives” (Goldman 282). Goldman’s informing the reader that Humperdinck lives, essentially winning when he’s the least to deserve anything good in life, even live one at all. In the phrase “He lives”, readers become full of frustration, knowing he’s only going to do worse things as his life goes on. This evidence is
