Question
Use the paragraphs to answer the question.
Rainsford, reclining in a steamer chair, indolently puffed on his favorite brier. The sensuous drowsiness of the night was on him. "It's so dark," he thought, "that I could sleep without closing my eyes; the night would be my eyelids——"
An abrupt sound startled him. Off to the right he heard it, and his ears, expert in such matters, could not be mistaken. Again he heard the sound, and again. Somewhere, off in the blackness, someone had fired a gun three times.
Which point of view does the author establish in these paragraphs?
- Third - person limited
(explain in simple words and 2 sentences)
Rainsford, reclining in a steamer chair, indolently puffed on his favorite brier. The sensuous drowsiness of the night was on him. "It's so dark," he thought, "that I could sleep without closing my eyes; the night would be my eyelids——"
An abrupt sound startled him. Off to the right he heard it, and his ears, expert in such matters, could not be mistaken. Again he heard the sound, and again. Somewhere, off in the blackness, someone had fired a gun three times.
Which point of view does the author establish in these paragraphs?
- Third - person limited
(explain in simple words and 2 sentences)
Answers
GPT-4o mini
The author uses a third-person limited point of view because the reader is given insight into Rainsford's thoughts and feelings, but we only know what he knows. We are not aware of any other character's thoughts or feelings; the focus remains solely on Rainsford's experience.