The Cart

Question

by Cesar Aira

In fact, the cart had spent the whole night going around and around, up and down the aisles, slow and quiet as a star, without ever hesitating or coming to a stop. It did the rounds of its domain, mysterious, inexplicable, its miraculous essence concealed by the banal appearance of a shopping cart like any other. The employees and the customers were too busy to detect this secret phenomenon, which made no difference, after all, to anyone or anything. I was the only one to notice it, I think. Actually, I’m sure: attention is scarce among human beings, and a great deal of it was required in this case.

The Cart', by César Aira, translated by Chris Andrews, from THE MUSICAL BRAIN & OTHER STORIES, copyright ©2013 by Cesar Aira. Translation copyright © 2013 by Chris Andrews. Reprinted by permission of New Directions Publishing Corp.

Question
Use the passage to answer the question.

This passage uses which type of perspective?

(1 point)
Responses

third-person limited
third-person limited

first-person
first-person

second-person
second-person

third-person omniscient

Answer 1

The passage uses a first-person perspective. The narrator uses "I" and shares their personal observations and thoughts about the cart, indicating a subjective viewpoint.