AnswersNBHS FL-1001070-MJ Language Arts 3 ADirect and Indirect Characterization in The Call of the WildQuestion 10
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Direct and Indirect Characterization in The Call of the Wild

Question 10 • *NBHS FL-1001070-M/J Language Arts 3 A

Which excerpt from The Call of the Wild best shows how the third-person-omniscient point of view helps readers understand the experiences of more than one character?

Answer
A
“Sometimes he thought of Judge Miller’s big house in the sun-kissed Santa Clara Valley, and of the cement swimming-tank, and Ysabel, the Mexican hairless, and Toots, the Japanese pug. . . .”
B
“About his body there was a peculiar springiness, or resiliency, almost catlike, and a quick alertness as of one who lived in perpetual fear of things seen and unseen.”
C
“With the last remnant of his strength he managed to stagger along behind till the train made another stop, when he floundered past the sleds to his own, where he stood alongside Sol-leks. His driver lingered. . . .”
D
“There was no power of recuperation left . . . . Every muscle, every fibre, every cell, was tired, dead tired. And there was reason for it. In less than five months they had travelled twenty-five hundred miles. . . .”

Explanation

Third-person omniscient narration can reveal information beyond one character’s immediate thoughts, including broader facts about other characters’ experiences. Choice D describes the dogs’ exhaustion and gives the reason for it: they had travelled 2,500 miles in less than five months. The other excerpts focus more narrowly on one character’s memories, traits, or actions.

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