Question

Read the excerpt from The Time Traveler’s Guide to Elizabethan England.

Elizabethan people also consider their health when choosing what to eat. "I eat rye bread not for niggardliness but for a point of physic,” declares William Horman. This is unsurprising: we do much the same in the modern world. But our ideas about healthy food are very different from Elizabethan ones. For example, while we make use of sage in our cooking on account of its taste, Elizabethans use it because it is thought to sharpen the brain.

What is the effect of the first-person point of view in this excerpt?

Readers get direct advice about which foods to incorporate in their own diets.
Readers are personally drawn into the culture of Elizabethan England.
Readers receive a good representation of what was considered healthy food in Elizabethan England.
Readers see the differences between themselves and people of another time period.

Answer 1

Readers see the differences between themselves and people of another time period. The use of "we" sets up a contrast between modern habits and Elizabethan beliefs, highlighting how ideas about healthy food differ.