Drawing Conclusions Based on Narrative Point of View
Standing on the field on scrimmage day, waiting to speak
to his coach, Fornatee said he had skipped the second
tryouts as a matter of pride. "I wasn't going to come to
tryouts," he said, "because I tried out. I love playing
soccer," he added as he waited for Coach. "I love playing
with my friends, but my friends aren't here. It's like you
break
up with your family. And this is why: don't nobody
want to cut their hair. I want to play on the team, but I
want to play on the team with my friends."
I asked Fornatee what it felt like to be off Luma's team.
"I'm not off the team," he snapped. "She hasn't called me,
and I haven't called her. So in my opinion, I'm still on the
team."
-Outcasts United,
Warren St. John
What conclusion can be drawn about this scene based
on the narrator's decision to write in the first-person
point of view?
O The narrator is there experiencing the events.
O The narrator has a deep desire to be a character in
the story.
O The narrator is worried that no one will believe he
was there.
O The narrator is not interested in learning about the
young Fugees, only their coach.