From which point of view is the passage told?
The bus coughed twice and stopped at the edge of Wirrawa, where the road gave up pretending to be a street. Maya stepped down into the dust. Nothing had changed. The same sagging fence leaned toward the same silent paddock, and the water tank still wore its rust like a medal. For fourteen years she had rehearsed this return, practising the words she would say to her father, but now every sentence dissolved like salt in the heat. A screen door banged somewhere. She did not look up. She picked up her bag, lighter than she remembered, and began to walk.
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: D. Third person, limited to Maya's thoughts and perceptions
- Step 1: The narrator uses she and her, so it is third person.
- Step 2: We learn only what Maya sees and thinks (her rehearsal, her not looking up), so it is limited to her.
Answer
third person limited.
Why not the others: There is no I; her father's thoughts are not shown; the reader is never addressed as you.
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