Question

Read this excerpt from The Call of the Wild.

A Scotch half-breed took charge of him and his mates, and in company with a dozen other dog-teams he started back over the weary trail to Dawson. It was no light running now, nor record time, but heavy toil each day, with a heavy load behind; for this was the mail train, carrying word from the world to the men who sought gold under the shadow of the Pole.

The third-person-omniscient point of view helps readers understand this excerpt in a way that they wouldn’t if Buck were the narrator because it

provides details about the time of day that cannot be described from a first-person point of view.
provides details about Buck’s experiences that cannot be described from a first-person point of view.
gives readers details about Buck’s thoughts and feelings that they might not otherwise know.
gives readers details about the historical context that they might not otherwise know.

Answer 1

It is D: gives readers details about the historical context that they might not otherwise know.

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

It provides details about the time of day that cannot be described from a first-person point of view.

Explanation:

The Call of the Wild is a brief adventure book by Jack London, written in 1903 and released in Yukon, Canada, when large snowmobile dogs were in limited supply. A dog called Buck is the lead character of the book. The story starts at a farm in California, where Buck has been kidnapped from his home and raised in Alaska as a working dog.

He's become increasingly wild in the desert environment, where he's forced to fight to live and control other animals. At the end, the dog loses the facade of society, drawing on the primal impulse and learned knowledge to arise as a ruler in the forest.