Question

Read the excerpt from "A Pair of Silk Stockings."

The neighbors sometimes talked of certain "better days" that little Mrs. Sommers had known before she had ever
thought of being Mrs. Sommers. She herself indulged in no such morbid retrospection. She had no time no second of
time to devote to the past. The needs of the present absorbed her every faculty. A vision of the future like some dim,
gaunt monster sometimes appalled her, but luckily to-morrow never comes.
Which statement best describes the point of view?
The third-person point of view is the voice of a character in the story.
The third-person point of view is an observer with limited omniscience.
The first-person point of view is a subjective character in the story
The first-person point of view is an omniscient observer,
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Answer 1

The third-person point of view is an observer with limited omniscience. -second choice

Answer 2

The correct answer is B. The third-person point of view is an observer with limited omniscience.

Step-by-step explanation:

In a third-person point of view, the narrator is in most cases an observer, and this uses third-person pronouns such as she, he, it or they in the story. This does not occur in the first-person point of view that uses the pronoun I and related words to it. The excerpt presented is an example of a third-person point of view due to the use of she and they in "The neighbors sometimes talked" and "She had no time no second of time to devote to the past".

Besides this, the third-person point of view is classified as limited omniscient if the narrator knows the thoughts, feelings, etc. of only one or a few characters. This occurs in the excerpt because the narrator describes the feelings fo Mrs. Sommers "She herself indulged in no such morbid retrospection" without referring to other characts. Thus, the point of view can be described as "The third-person point of view is an observer with limited omniscience".