I must depend on hearsay, on old photographs, on stories told, and on memories which are hazy and mixed with fable in trying to tell you about the Hamiltons. . . . Young Samuel Hamilton came from the north of Ireland and so did his wife. He was the son of small farmers, neither rich nor poor, who had lived on one landhold and in one stone house for many hundreds of years.

Based on the excerpt, what is the point of view of the narrator?

first-person observer only
first-person major character
third-person limited
third-person omniscient

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I must depend on hearsay, on old photographs, on stories told, and on memories which are hazy and mixed with fable in trying to tell you about the Hamiltons. . . . Young Samuel Hamilton came from the north of Ireland and so did his wife. He was the son of small farmers, neither rich nor poor, who had lived on one landhold and in one stone house for many hundreds of years.

Based on the excerpt, what is the point of view of the narrator?

first-person observer only
first-person major character
third-person limited
third-person omniscient

anonymous · Answer

That is an observer of the first person