As I stepped into the arena, I looked dizzily around me at all of the people who were staring intently at me. The noise of the c
rowd buzzed in my ears like an angry beehive. At the far end of the arena I saw two doors that looked identical. It would be impossible to know what was behind either door with the roar of the crowd. I knew my fate was in the hands of luck. I knew I could easily pick the door with the tiger. I needed to know my fate quickly. I began to walk straight toward the doors. The distance that seemed so far when I first stepped into the arena seemed to disappear the moment I started walking. In an instant I was at the door. What effect does the first-person point of view have?
A) It makes the action move more slowly because the character relates every thought.
B) It is more suspenseful because it shows what the accused is thinking.
C) It creates a calmer situation because the reader knows what choice the character makes.
D) It makes the reader wish the story were told from the king’s point of view instead.
In this context, the Man in the Well is a symbol for all the other nameless people in the world who are desperate for food and/or shelter. Like the children, we throw them a few scraps (of aid) without doing anything to help them out of the deep hole they find themselves in.
