Question
Read this paragraph from Chapter II of the novel Great Expectations by Charles Dickens, and answer the question that follows.
At this point, Joe greatly augmented my curiosity by taking the utmost pains to open his mouth very wide, and to put it into the form of a word that looked to me like ‘sulks.’ Therefore, I naturally pointed to Mrs. Joe, and put my mouth into the form of saying ‘her?’ But Joe wouldn’t hear of that, at all, and again opened his mouth very wide, and shook the form of a most emphatic word out of it. But I could make nothing of the word.
What is the point of view used in the above passage?
Joe’s point of view
First person
Second person
Third person
At this point, Joe greatly augmented my curiosity by taking the utmost pains to open his mouth very wide, and to put it into the form of a word that looked to me like ‘sulks.’ Therefore, I naturally pointed to Mrs. Joe, and put my mouth into the form of saying ‘her?’ But Joe wouldn’t hear of that, at all, and again opened his mouth very wide, and shook the form of a most emphatic word out of it. But I could make nothing of the word.
What is the point of view used in the above passage?
Joe’s point of view
First person
Second person
Third person
Answers
GPT-4o mini
The point of view used in the above passage is **first person**. The narrator, Pip, uses first-person pronouns such as "I" and "my," indicating that he is sharing his own experiences and thoughts.