Question

Refer to Explorations in Literature for a complete version of this story.

Which statement best summarizes the effect of the first-person point of view on Poe’s story "The Pit and the Pendulum"?

Because Poe uses a first-person narrator, the reader understands that the prisoner knows that he will be saved in the end.

The first-person point of view lets Poe give the reader an insider’s view into the terror and agony of the imprisonment.
The first-person pint of view allows Poe to tell what the judges were thinking when they condemned the prisoner.

By using the first-person point of view, Poe gives the reader insight into the French soldier who rescues the prisoner.

Answer 1

I think its B