Question

Which point of view does the narrator use in the passage?

"I will take the box. Here is the basket."

And he shifted the box to his own back, regardless of the best robe he wore, and she, still speechless, took the handle of the basket. He thought of the hundred courts he had come through and of his figure, absurd under its burden.

"If there were a side gate—" he muttered, and she nodded after a little thought, as though she did not understand too quickly what he said.

From Pearl S. Buck, The Good Earth. Copyright 1931 by Pearl S. Buck

First, second, or third point of view

Answer 1

3rd person POV

Step-by-step explanation:

The passage includes pronouns and not words like "I, us, we, or my".

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Answer 2

third person!

Step-by-step explanation:

the author uses 3rd person terms (he, she,)