Question

Which role does the first-person point of view play in this excerpt? It helps readers understand how amused Joe Barone feels when he helps the main character. It helps readers understand that the main character is beginning to feel accepted. It helps readers identify better with Joe Barone's opinion of the main character. It helps readers identify the events that occur during the story's climax and falling action.

Answer 1

Answer:

c

Explanation:

Answer 2

Answer:

It helps readers understand that the main character is beginning to feel accepted.

Explanation:

Gregory Djanikian's narrative poem "How I Learned English" is a short poem that described how the speaker first came to America and felt like an outsider. The poem deals with themes of isolation, learning through his mistakes, and how he eventually feel a sense of belonging in the new country.

The first person point of view is when the speaker is a character within the story. he/ she is involved in the events of the story and also presents the readers the window through which we view the story. And in this narrative poem, the first person point of view helps us understand how the speaker begins to feel accepted by others, though at the cost of his wrongful use of English. Before the ball hit him, he felt no connection whatsoever with the game or his teammates. But after the ball hit him on the forehead, and he exclaimed "oh my shin, oh my shin", the laughter that erupted from the scene helped ease the situation and also made him feel more comfortable around the others.

Thus, the correct answer is the second option.