It would be the third person pronoun. As you're speaking of him in the third person.
The salute is often thought to date back to Roman times, but there is no evidence that soldiers raised their hand as a formal greeting. Another theory is that it originated in medieval Europe, when knights used their hands to raise their visors, revealing their identity to demonstrate they were friendly.
The most likely answer is : try to get the reader to have an emotional response to the story
were there no more options ?
It is important to have a job because that is the way to earn money, and we need money so we could survive. But, actually, that is not the only reason why a job is so important to us. It is also important that we do what we like, because that improves our life's quality. If we have a job that we consider as important and meaningful, and we do it good, it will help us to feel that we live a meaningful life. On the other hand, if we are work something we don't like, our life will be stressful and disgustful.
