The author establishes a perspective of only one person in the story. The narrator speaks from a first-person viewpoint ("He and I first met") and shares their personal experiences and reflections about the character they are introducing. This indicates a subjective viewpoint focused on the narrator's individual perspective rather than an all-knowing or neutral point of view.
All the sad young men
He and I first met in the late summer of 1917 when he was just out of Yale and like the rest of us, was swept up into the systematized hysteria of the war. In the blue-green uniform of the naval aviation he came down to Pensacola where the hotel orchestras played “I’m, sorry dear” and we young officers danced with the girls.
What point of view does the author establish in this paragraph?
Perspective of only one person in the story
Tells through the perspective of someone outside the story
Narrator is neutral
Narrator is all-knowing
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