English, 15.02.2021 20:10 kmwise19

Read this excerpt about Angel Island, an immigration station in the 1900s. The isolation and despair that everyone felt at Angel Island were expressed in the poetry that detainees carved into the walls of the buildings. The majority of these were written by the Chinese. Here is an example:

Nights are long and the pillow cold; who can pity my loneliness?
After experiencing such loneliness and sorrow,
Why not just return home and learn to plow the fields?

How is the third-person point of view used in this excerpt?

to illustrate the living conditions at Angel Island
to explain the feelings of Angel Island residents
to describe the characteristics of Chinese poetry
to contrast the different immigrant experiences

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