Alcatraz Island is in the middle of San Francisco Bay. In 1934, the federal government began using the military buildings there
as a maximum security prison. Today, the prison is a tourist attraction. California's first lighthouse was built on the island. What is the author's viewpoint?
The author's point of view refers to the position he or she has about the subject he is writing. This refers to the author's feelings about his text and the way he passes the information on to readers.
The author's point of view can be positive, negative or neutral. In the excerpt shown in the question above, we can say that the point of view is black, since the author does not express his opinion, nor his feeling about the subject he is writing, but only exposes the facts, without assuming a positive or negative.
C, he smiles into the hayloft dim and the brown hay smiles back at him. A personification is when you give a human attribute or action, like smiling, to an inanimate object, like hay.
If it's tender, that means loving, soft, gentle, and kind. Reverence means respect and/or admiration (I'd say respect, in a loving way, here). Sorrow means sadness. I hope this helps!
