The author's purpose in the three paragraphs your question refers to are to foreshadow coming events, describe the uncertainty of the times, and provide parallels to the events of the story. In the first of the three paragraphs, the author gives readers insights into the lives of the narrator and his brother.
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Gregor Mendelssohn I think
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Third person, because they use the words 'her' and 'she'.
