Question

An olive tree grew near where he stood, and from it he picked a little twig decked with leaves of softest grey, and lo, it grew heavy as he held it, and glittered like a piece of his crown.… He touched an apple whose cheek grew rosy in the sun, and at once it became like the golden fruit in the Garden of the Hesperides.… Midas had the Golden Touch. Joyously he strode into the palace and commanded a feast to be prepared—a feast worthy of an occasion so magnificent.
Read 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 person point of view makes the narrator’s popularity unexpected.

Because the story is told from the narrator’s immediate perspective, readers discover the change in the narrator’s status at the same moment the narrator does — creating a sense of surprise and discovery.