Use the excerpt from "The Yellow Wallpaper" to answer the question.

Question

What effect does the use of first-person point of view have on the reader's experience of the ending of the story?

(1 point)
Responses

It allows the reader to have an intimate view into the husband’s worried state about his wife’s declining mental health.
It allows the reader to have an intimate view into the husband’s worried state about his wife’s declining mental health.

It shows the reader that the husband anticipated a negative outcome from placing his wife in that room.
It shows the reader that the husband anticipated a negative outcome from placing his wife in that room.

It lets the reader encounter the narrator’s feeling of triumph in thinking she has freed herself from the wallpaper.
It lets the reader encounter the narrator’s feeling of triumph in thinking she has freed herself from the wallpaper.

It permits the reader some insight into the initial cause for the narrator’s declining mental health.

Answer 1

The correct response is:

"It lets the reader encounter the narrator’s feeling of triumph in thinking she has freed herself from the wallpaper."

This choice accurately reflects how the first-person point of view immerses the reader in the narrator's personal experiences and emotions, especially towards the ending of the story when she feels a sense of liberation.