The limited perspective in a third person point of view means the author relates the thoughts of just a few characters, typically one, but from an outside viewpoint. The language uses third person references such as the character's name and pronouns like "she" or "he" rather than first person words like "I" and "me." In a story about a car accident, for instance, third person limited might tell the events from the viewpoint of one of the people in the car by using words like: "Sarah saw the car coming; she wanted to tell Josh to stop but nothing escaped her lips."
Objective point of view also uses third person pronouns but does not offer the reader information about any characters' inner thoughts, only actions. The objective narrator relates information without injecting emotion, allowing readers to interpret events. This narrator would not know Sarah's thoughts about the car accident and might instead say, "Sarah saw the car coming, but she did not call out to Josh." The reader must interpret why Sarah said nothing.
The omniscient narrator sees what all characters see, knows what all characters think and relates that information to the reader using third person pronouns such as "he" and "she." This point of view may be likened to a God-like perspective since the narrator can peer into the minds of all the characters and has knowledge of the past and future. This narrator not only knows what Sarah was thinking and feeling about the car accident but also what Josh was thinking and feeling.
The point of view affects how readers relate to the narrator. The omniscient narrator seems more reliable than one using first person point of view since the narrator is not directly involved in the events. Victorian novels commonly used the omniscient point of view, such as Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice." Current authors still turn to such focus when they want readers to be able to see into the minds of multiple characters, like J.K. Rowling's "Harry Potter" series.