Use the text below to answer the question that follows.
from The Rope Dance
by Rex Stout
It was on a bright October afternoon that Rick Duggett got off at Grand Central Station, New York. He had eight hundred dollars in the pocket of his brand new suit of clothes. But first of all it is necessary to explain how he got there and where the money came from.
He was one of those men who never do anything by halves. He ate a huge amount or fasted. He slept eleven hours or not at all. He sat in a poker game only when it was expressly understood that the roof was the limit and you might blow that off if you had enough powder.
Whatever he did he went just a little farther than anyone else. So it was only natural that he should reach the top of his profession. He was the best roper in Eastern Arizona, which is no mean title even in these days when good ropers are as scarce as water holes in a desert.
When a prize of one thousand dollars cash was hung up in the great roping contest held at Honeville last October everybody expected Rick Duggett to win it. He did not disappoint them. He roped and tied ten steers in fourteen minutes and twenty-eight seconds, seven full minutes better than the nearest competitor.
Why does the author choose to use this point of view in the story?
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to explain why Rick Duggett needs more practice in his roping skills
to emphasize objectively that people expect a great deal from Rick Duggett
to show that Rick Duggett does not have many people who call him "friend"
to prove that Rick Duggett is not as great a person as most would believe
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