The short story The Little Match Girl by Hans Christian Anderson is told in the

third person limited point of view. Third person limited is when the narrator is outside the
story looking in, and we only get the thoughts and feelings of one character.
First, we know this story is told in the third person limited because of the use of
pronouns. The words she, and the little match girl are used interchangeably
throughout the story when discussing the little girl. An example of this is when it says It
is true she had on a pair of slippers when she left home. This suggests that the
narrator is not a character in the story, but is in fact on the outside looking in.
A second reason why this story is third person limited is the fact that we are only
given the thoughts and insights into one character. In this case, it is the little match girl.
We see these thoughts and feelings when the little girl watches a shooting star. When the
passage says Someone is dying, thought the little girl, for her old grandmother, the
only one who had ever loved her, and who was now dead, had told her that when a soul
falls, a soul was going up to God we are given insight into the little girls memories and
her love of her deceased grandmother. We receive her thoughts and it causes us to feel
pity for her. At no point in the story, do we hear the thoughts and feelings of other
important characters, such as the father who would beat her, or the people who watched
her wander around on the cold, winter night without offering their home or help.
In conclusion, the short story The Little Match Girl by Hans Christian Anderson
is told from the third person limited point of view. Pronouns such as she and the little
girl, as well as receiving the thoughts and feelings of only one character lead us to this
deduction.