Which narrative point of view is used in this excerpt from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll?

And so it was indeed: she was now only ten inches high, and her face brightened up at the thought that she was now the right size for going through the little door into that lovely garden. First, however, she waited for a few minutes to see if she was going to shrink any further: she felt a little nervous about this; 'for it might end, you know,' said Alice to herself, 'in my going out altogether, like a candle. I wonder what I should be like then?' And she tried to fancy what the flame of a candle is like after the candle is blown out, for she could not remember ever having seen such a thing.

After a while, finding that nothing more happened, she decided on going into the garden at once; but, alas for poor Alice! when she got to the door, she found she had forgotten the little golden key, and when she went back to the table for it, she found she could not possibly reach it: she could see it quite plainly through the glass, and she tried her best to climb up one of the legs of the table, but it was too slippery; and when she had tired herself out with trying, the poor little thing sat down and cried.

first person

third-person omniscient

third-person limited

second person

first-person omniscient

The correct answer for this question is "third-person omniscient." The narrative point of view that is used in the excerpt from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll is third-person omniscient. Talking about third person omniscient, it is a method of storytelling in which the narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of all of the characters in the story.

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bandzlvr bandzlvr · Answer 2 · 2018-12-22T09:20:11+01:00

The answer is:

'Third person omniscient'

Because:

Third person omniscient is told by a narrator that is external to the story (i.e. not a character).

Third person limited happens when the story is told from a character's perspective,

Conclusion:

The story says words like 'she', and says the character's name 'Alice'. So that would imply that the answer is omniscient, because the story is told by an narrator in the third person view.