Question

He and I first met in the late summer of 1917 when he was just out of Yale, and, like the rest of us, was swept up into the systematized hysteria of the war. In the blue-green uniform of the naval aviation he came down to Pensacola, where the hotel orchestras played "I'm sorry, dear," and we young officers danced with the girls.

Use the paragraph from the story All the Sad Young Men by F. Scott Fitzgerald to answer the question.

Which statement describes the point of view the author establishes in the paragraph?

The narrator is all-knowing.
The narrator tells the story through the perspective of someone outside of the story.
The narrator is neutral.
The narrator tells the story through the perspective of only one person in the story.

Answer 1

The narrator tells the story through the perspective of only one person in the story.

Explanation: The paragraph is written in first person ("He and I…," "we young officers…"), so the narrator is a participant recounting events from his own viewpoint rather than an all-knowing or outside observer.