Question

Read the excerpt from Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy.

They stood together quietly, in the dark, in the growing cool of the night, and the sea breeze gave up on them and played in the dark leaves above, and the sound of the waves came in with the quiet. The stars popped in the night sky like distant firecrackers, and beyond them the great streak of the Milky Way came down out of heaven and draped a swathe into the ocean beyond. Turner could almost feel the globe sliding under his feet. Lizzie felt it, too and she reached out and took his hand for a moment—as if for balance—and then dropped it.

Which is a result of the omniscient point of view in this excerpt?

The reader can follow the thoughts and feelings of only Lizzie.
The reader can follow the thoughts and feelings of only Turner.
The reader can follow the thoughts and feelings of both Lizzie and Turner.
The reader can follow the thoughts and feelings of neither Lizzie nor Turner.

Answer 1

Answer: The reader can follow the thoughts and feelings of both Lizzie and Turner.

An omniscient narrator is one who is able to see everything that is going on in the story. This includes the inner thoughts and feelings of all characters. It is often compared to the point of view of "God," or a similar supernatural being that is all-knowing. In this excerpt, the narrator is able to see everything that Lizzie does, feels and thinks, as well as everything Turner does, feels and thinks.

Answer 2

The correct answer is: the reader can follow the thoughts and feelings of both Lizzie and Turner.

In the excerpt, the author was able to describe in full detail how each character is feeling and thinking at that moment that they are in that particular scene, under the stars, beside the sea.