Question

VVRead paragraph 5 of "The Problem With Popularity." How does the narrator's point of view create a sense of surprise in this paragraph?


The first person point of view makes the narrator’s popularity unexpected.


The omniscient point of view allows the narrator to understand his peers’ reactions.


The limited point of view allows the narrator to be deeply introspective.


The third-person point of view captures the narrator’s reaction accurately.

Answer 1

The first option. In first-person narration the reader only gets the narrator’s immediate thoughts and reactions, so the discovery that the narrator is popular is revealed through their own surprise — making the moment feel unexpected to the reader as well.