Read the excerpt from chapter 6 of The Travels of Marco Polo.

Now that I have described the ships in which merchants voyage to and from India, let us change the subject and pass on to India itself. But first I will tell you of many islands that lie towards the east in this Ocean at which we have now arrived. We shall begin with an island that is called Japan. Japan is an island far out at sea to the eastward, some 1,500 miles from the mainland. It is a very big island. The people are fair-complexioned, good-looking, and well-mannered. They are idolaters, wholly independent and exercising no authority over any nation but themselves.

Which sentence best reflects the author’s subjective perspective on the people of Japan?

A) The people of Japan live 1,500 miles from the mainland.
B) The people of Japan live on an island.
C) The people of Japan are good-looking and well-mannered.
D) The people of Japan exercise no authority over other nations.

Subjective means that it is based on personal feelings, opinions and preferences. In "The Travels of Marco Polo," the narrator's description of the Japanese people is not influenced by representing facts. Actually, the depiction of good-looking and well-mannered individuals is clearly determined by the narrator's particular judgment and perception.

Options A, B and D are incorrect because they are based on objective and defining truths.

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The sentence which best reflects the author’s subjective perspective on the people of Japan is:

C) The people of Japan are good-looking and well-mannered.

According to the given excerpt, we can see that the narrator talks about ,moving around the continent and arriving at Japan and seeing that the Japanese were good looking, and their country was 1, 500 miles from the mainland.

As a result of this, we can see that the sentence which makes use of subjective perspective is the statement about the people of Japan and their physical looks.

We should note that subjective perspective has to do with personal opinions and feelings and not facts, which is why the answer is the third choice.

Therefore, the correct answer is option C