Question

Read this excerpt from The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum, and then answer the question that follows.

Answer 1

The point of view used in the excerpt is the Limited Omniscient. Limited omniscient or the third person point of view happens when a narrator of high knowledge focuses on a single character to discuss rather than the general. The choice of character to be focused is not weighted by importance in the story but what the narrator needs to discuss.

Answer 2

The point of view that is used in the excerpt is third person point of view. The only thing you should remember to distinguish this form of storytelling is that author uses pronouns like ‘he/she/it’ a lot. So the things are usually described as if they are observed by the author. In this case, it is omniscient third point of view as you can see in this excerpt that author also knows the feelings and inner thoughts of characters.