Read this excerpt from Section III of The Way to Rainy Mountain.

There were always dogs about my grandmother’s house…The old people paid them scarcely any attention, but they should have been sad, I think, to see them go.

What is the effect of the first-person point of view in this excerpt?

Responses

Readers find out what the origin of the myth of dogs in Kiowa culture is.

Readers find out what the origin of the myth of dogs in Kiowa culture is.,

Readers gain an understanding of how the author’s grandmother felt about dogs.
Readers gain an understanding of how the author’s grandmother felt about dogs.

Readers learn the historical connection between dogs and other tribes.

Readers learn the historical connection between dogs and other tribes.,

Readers get insight into the author’s personal view of the dogs of Kiowa society.