Question

When I got off from work that evening of December 1, I went to Court Square as usual to catch the Cleveland Avenue bus home. I didn't look to see who was driving when I got on, and by the time I recognized him, I had already paid my fare. It was the same driver who had put me off the bus back in 1943, twelve years earlier. He was still tall and heavy, with red, rough-looking skin. And he was still mean-looking. I didn't know if he had been on that route before – they switched the drivers around sometimes. I do know that most of the time if I saw him on a bus, I wouldn't get on it. –My Story, Rosa Parks

1. From what point of view are these events told?
a.first-person point of view
b. second-person point of view
c third-person point of view

2.What indicates the point of view to readers?
a.The narrator's ability to see all
b. the narrator's use of "you"
c.The narrator's use of "I"

Why is this point of view an effective choice?
a.It includes many people's viewpoints
b.it gives personal advice into events
c.It provides summary of the events,

Answer 1

1. a.first-person point of view
2. c.The narrator's use of "I"
3. b.it gives personal advice into events

First person point of view allows the reader to really engage with the narrator and understand their emotion and perspective to the events, making it feel more personal and authentic.

Answer 2

1. The answer to this question is :a.first-person point of view.
2. The answer is: c.The narrator's use of "I" . The undelined words exemplify this: " I went.....// I didn't know....// ...when I got on....//.. I recognized him...//..."
3. The answer to this question is: c.It gives personal advice into events. She would not have got on that bus, if she had recognised the bus driver. That was the same bus driver that had segregated her before. It sounds as if she did not want to get into trouble.

Rosa Parks is known as the mother of the modern day of civil right movement in the U.S. In 1955, She did something on behalf of her black brothers and sisters; she refused to give her bus seat to a white male passanger. Parks' reaction triggered a wave of protests and this changed the view that white North Americans had of black people.