Question

Little Mrs. Sommers one day found herself the unexpected possessor of fifteen dollars. It seemed to her a very large amount of money, and the way in which it stuffed and bulged her worn old [pocketbook] gave her a feeling of importance such as she had not enjoyed for years. . . . A man with keen eyes, who sat opposite to her, seemed to like the study of her small, pale face. It puzzled him to decipher what he saw there. In truth, he saw nothing—unless he were wizard enough to detect a poignant wish, a powerful longing that the cable car would never stop anywhere, but go on and on with her forever. Source: Chopin, Kate. “A Pair of Silk Stockings.” The Awakening and Selected Short Stories. Project Gutenberg, 11 Mar. 2006. Web. 12 May 2011. Which point of view does this excerpt illustrate? third-person limited second-person third-person omniscient first-person

Answer 1

third-person omniscient

In third-person omniscient the narrator knows what many characters are thinking and feeling. We know that the narrator is aware of the women's thoughts and feelings when it says, "It seemed to her" and "a feeling of importance." We also know that the narrator is aware of the man's feelings when it says, "It puzzled him."
Second-person point of view is mostly found in instruction manuals and cookbooks where the author is telling you to do something. Second-person pronouns are you, your, yours.
First-person point of view is when the narrator is telling a story about him or herself. First-person pronouns are I, me, my, mine.