Read the excerpt from “A Pair of Silk Stockings” by Kate Chopin and answer the question that follows.
Little Mrs. Sommers one day found herself the unexpected possessor of fifteen dollars. It seemed to her a very large amount of money, and the way in which it stuffed and bulged her worn old [pocketbook] gave her a feeling of importance such as she had not enjoyed for years. . . .
A man with keen eyes, who sat opposite to her, seemed to like the study of her small, pale face. It puzzled him to decipher what he saw there. In truth, he saw nothing—unless he were wizard enough to detect a poignant wish, a powerful longing that the cable car would never stop anywhere, but go on and on with her forever.
Source: Chopin, Kate. “A Pair of Silk Stockings.” The Awakening and Selected Short Stories. Project Gutenberg, 11 Mar. 2006. Web. 12 May 2011.
Which point of view does this excerpt illustrate?
third-person limited
second-person
third-person omniscient
first-person
Answer:
Third person omniscient.
Step-by-step explanation:
This type of view/narration uses an external type of view or sometimes called "all-knowing" point of view where the thoughts and actions of different characters are known and described by the narrator.
From the excerpt, the third person omniscient view is used to show the thoughts and actions of Mrs Sommers and the "man with keen eyes"