Question

Everything in Lelechka’s nursery was bright, pretty, and cheerful. Lelechka’s sweet voice charmed her mother. Lelechka was a delightful child. There was no other such child, there never had been, and there never would be. Lelechka’s mother, Serafima Aleksandrovna, was sure of that. But it was not these charms in Lelechka that gave her mother the keenest joy. Lelechka was her mother’s only child. That was why every movement of Lelechka’s bewitched her mother.
Use the passage to answer the question.

Which point of view is established in this narrative?

Responses

third person limited
third person limited - no response given

second person
second person - no response given

first person
first person - no response given

third person omniscient
third person omniscient - no response given

Answer 1

third person limited

The narrator uses third-person pronouns and stays closely tied to the mother's perspective and feelings (we see Serafima Aleksandrovna’s thoughts and reactions), rather than knowing all characters’ inner thoughts.