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Zorluk: OrtaNarrative Technique and Point of View

Read the prose excerpt below:

'Bisi stared at the silent telephone on the wooden desk, her heart racing as every tick of the wall clock amplified her panic. She imagined her brother wandering lost through the torrential rain, unable to find shelter in the unfamiliar city. Across the room, her father calmly turned the page of his newspaper, entirely oblivious to the storm brewing in her mind.'

Which narrative point of view is employed in the passage above?

  1. Third-person limited point of viewCevap
  2. B
    Third-person omniscient point of view
  3. C
    First-person participant point of view
  4. D
    Second-person perspective

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Third-person limited point of view
The passage employs a third-person limited point of view because the narrator uses third-person pronouns ('she', 'her') while strictly focalizing the narrative through Bisi's internal consciousness, anxieties, and imagination, portraying the father only through external observation.

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1
Analyze the pronouns used by the narrator in the passage.
The narrator uses third-person pronouns such as 'she' and 'her', establishing a third-person narrative mode rather than first-person or second-person.
Identifying grammatical pronouns is the first step in determining point of view.
2
Examine the extent of the narrator's access to characters' internal thoughts.
The narrator provides intimate access only to Bisi's internal thoughts ('her heart racing', 'amplified her panic', 'she imagined') while describing her father purely from external observation ('calmly turned the page', 'oblivious').
Restricting internal access to one focal character defines limited focalization rather than omniscience.

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Third-Person Limited Focalization
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Narrative Technique and Point of View

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