It is very seldom that mere ordinary people like John and myself secure ancestral halls for the summer. A colonial mansion, a hereditary estate, I would say a haunted house, and reach the height of romantic felicity-but that would be asking too much of fate! Still I will proudly declare that there is something queer about it. Else, why should it be let so cheaply? And why have stood so long untenanted? John laughs at me, of course, but one expects that in marriage. John is practical in the extreme. He has no patience with faith, an intense horror of superstition, and he scoffs openly at any talk of things not to be felt and seen and put down in figures. John is a physician, and perhaps-(I would not say it to a living soul, of course, but this is dead paper and a great relief to my mind)-perhaps that is one reason I do not get well faster. You see, he does not believe I am sick!

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It is very seldom that mere ordinary people like John and myself secure ancestral halls for the summer. A colonial mansion, a hereditary estate, I would say a haunted house, and reach the height of romantic felicity-but that would be asking too much of fate! Still I will proudly declare that there is something queer about it. Else, why should it be let so cheaply? And why have stood so long untenanted? John laughs at me, of course, but one expects that in marriage. John is practical in the extreme. He has no patience with faith, an intense horror of superstition, and he scoffs openly at any talk of things not to be felt and seen and put down in figures. John is a physician, and perhaps-(I would not say it to a living soul, of course, but this is dead paper and a great relief to my mind)-perhaps that is one reason I do not get well faster. You see, he does not believe I am sick!
What effect does the narrator's point of view mainly have on readers? (1 point) It reveals to readers the difficulties the narrator is having with her condition and with others' ideas about it. It gives readers equal representation of the narrator's and her husband's perspectives. It conveys to readers that the narrator is deceptive and untrustworthy. It provokes compassion for the narrator by directly addressing readers.

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The effect of the narrator's point of view mainly reveals to readers the difficulties the narrator is having with her condition and with others' ideas about it. She feels misunderstood and dismissed by her husband, which highlights her struggle and creates a sense of empathy for her situation.