Read this excerpt from Chapter 1 of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou and answer the question. When I was three and Bailey four, we had arrived in the musty little town, wearing tags on our wrists which instructed – ‘To Whom It May Concern’ – that we were Marguerite and Bailey Johnson Jr. … Negro passengers, who always traveled with loaded lunch boxes, felt sorry for ‘the poor little motherless darlings’ and plied us with cold fried chicken and potato salad.
Which of the following best describes the narrative point of view of the above excerpt?
told from “I” as an adult thinking about meaning of the event
told from view of the Negro passengers who see the children
told from “I” as if she is a child reliving the event
told from reader’s point of view