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What is the effect of the author’s choice to use the third-person limited point of view in the story “Hamadi” by Naomi Shihab Nye?

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I took this test and got 100%. The answer is: The reader learns the thoughts and motivations of the main character only.

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Answer:

Thoughts and motivations of the main character are not revealed.

Step-by-step explanation:

The third person limited narration is the type of narrating style in which the thoughts and feelings of the most characters but particularly of the main character is hidden. When this type of narrating style is chosen by the writer he/she deliberately choose to limit the thoughts and the feelings of the main character.

In the short story "Hamadi" written by Naomi Shihab Nye, the author chose this narrating style. The main character of the story is a sixteen-year-old girl Susan. By using third person limited narration Nye has developed the character of the protagonist through an outside voice. The effect of this narration is that the readers will not be able to know the feelings and motivations of the protagonist Susan.

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