Question

which point of view does the narrator use in the passage?
\its not as complicated as it looks. good plane like this almost flies itself.\ the pilot shrugged. \makes my job easy.\ he took brians left arm. \here, put your hands on the controls, your feet in the rudder pedals, and ill show you what i mean.\
brian shook his head. \id better not.\
from gary paulsen, hatchet. copyright 1987 by gary paulsen
first person
second person
third person

Explanation:

To determine the narrator's point of view, we analyze the passage:

• First - person point of view uses pronouns like "I", "we" and the narrator is a character in the story. In this passage, the narrator is not a character (no "I" from the narrator's perspective).
• Second - person point of view uses "you" to address the reader or a character directly. The passage does not use "you" in this way.
• Third - person point of view uses pronouns like "he", "she", "they" to refer to characters. In the passage, we have "the pilot", "Brian" with actions described using third - person pronouns (e.g., "the pilot shrugged", "Brian shook his head"). So the narrator uses third - person point of view.

Answer:

third person