Mr. Pontellier did not attend these soirée musicales. He considered them bourgeois, and found more diversion at the club. To Mad
ame Ratignolle he said the music dispensed at her soirées was too "heavy," too far beyond his untrained comprehension. His excuse flattered her. But she disapproved of Mr. Pontellier's club, and she was frank enough to tell Edna so. Which statement best describes the point of view in the excerpt? The third-person point of view is voiced by an objective character in the story. The third-person point of view is voiced by a subjective character in the story. The third-person point of view is an omniscient observer. The third-person point of view is an observer with limited omniscience.
The third-person point of view is an omniscient observer.
Explanation:
The paragraph shown in the question above presents a third person narrator who is also an omniscient narrator. The omniscient narrator is so named because he knows all aspects of the plot and its characters, and can describe his feelings and thoughts, as well as describe events occurring in two places at once. In the case of the text above, the narrator shows the true thoughts and intentions of the characters Mr. Pontellier and Madame Ratignolle, showing that the narrator is omniscient and can enter into the thinking of any character.
