The point of view in this excerpt is third-person omniscient because the excerpt uses she, herself, it, her, etc. A first person point of view uses the pronounce, I, me, myself and other pronouns that look likes you told the story yourself.Second person point of view uses you, yourself.
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The trains in the stories symbolized the journey the characters underwent to get what they want.
The trains are also the witnesses to the death of the characters. In the story "Paul's case" Paul committed suicide by jumping in front of a train. In the story "A Journey" the husband died in his sleep inside the train while the wife accidentally died when the train reached its destination.
It also sends a message of whatever journey one enjoys in life, he/she will always end up dead or death is an inevitable destination.
Explanation:
In "Letter by a Swiss-German Immigrant to Pennsylvania" America is the symbol for a free country. By this adjective "free" the author wants to explain how is America a place for living. Free means that everyone is welcome to come. The author creates a picture of America, where you can settle without asking everyone, where there is a wide landscape, spacious land "from Canada to the east of us to Carolina in the south and to the Spanish border in the west".
One of the most important detail is there is no payment for taxes to land, but in Europe, you must pay. Free country for author means there are no obligations for living there. He thinks that America is promised land.
