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The following excerpt is written in what point of view? We did not say she was c

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Question

The following excerpt is written in what point of view?

                We did not say she was crazy then. We believed she had to do that. We remembered all the young men her father had driven away, and we knew that with nothing left, she would have to cling to that which had robbed her, as people will. (William Faulkner, “A Rose for Emily”)

Third-person omniscient

Second person

Third-person limited

First-person plural/collective

Third-person omniscient

Second person

Third-person limited

First-person plural/collective

Explanation / Answer

The correct answer is Option 4. These lines have been written from the first-person plural/collective point of view.