Question

In Roemer's "The Inheritance of my Father: A Story for Listening," the story is told in both 1st person and 3rd person; who is presumed to be the woman "who will be forty tomorrow" in the 3rd person narrated sections?

1) The grandmother, Ouma
2) The white mother of the girl
3) The black woman who the father couldn't marry
4) The adult "Bonkoro"

Answer 1

The woman who is about to turn forty is not explicitly identified in Roemer's "The Inheritance of my Father: A Story for Listening," and the types of narrative voices, first-person and third-person, provide different perspectives within a story.

Step-by-step explanation:

In Roemer's "The Inheritance of my Father: A Story for Listening," the woman who is presumed to "be forty tomorrow" in the third-person narrated sections is the interpretation that can best be made considering context since no direct answer is provided in the question. In literature, first-person and third-person narrative voices are used to tell a story from different perspectives. The first-person uses 'I' or 'we,' while the third-person uses 'he,' 'she,' or 'they.' Third-person narration can be either limited or omniscient, where limited focuses on the thoughts and feelings of one character, and omniscient provides a broader view of all characters' thoughts and actions.