Question

it had been painful to sit and watch my mother crying and my father laughing and i was glad when we were outside in the sunny streets. back at home my mother wept again and talked complainingly about the unfairness of the judge who had accepted my father’s word. after the court scene, i tried to forget my father; i did not hate him; i simply did not want to think of him. often when we were hungry my mother would beg me to go to my father’s job and ask him for a dollar, a dime, a nickel... but i would never consent to go. i did not want to see him. black boy richard wright which best describes wright’s point of view in this passage? third person: a child describing his memories of his parents first person: a child describing his feelings about his father third person: an adult reflecting on his childhood first person: an adult describing his feelings about the future done

Explanation:

1. Analyze the point of view: The passage uses first - person pronouns like "I" and "my".
2. Analyze the content: The narrator is describing feelings (glad, did not want to think of father, did not want to see him) and the events are from a child's perspective (watching mother cry, being asked to go to father's job for money).
3. Eliminate other options:

• The first option is third - person, but the passage uses first - person, so eliminate.
• The third option is third - person, eliminate.
• The fourth option says "describing his feelings about the future", but the passage is about past memories and feelings about father, not future. The second option says "first person: a child describing his feelings about his father" which matches the first - person narration and the content about the child's feelings towards his father.

Answer:

B. first person: a child describing his feelings about his father