Read the excerpt from chapter 23 of the awakening. before her pencil he sat rigid and unflinching, as he had faced the cannon's mouth in days gone by. he resented the intrusion of the children, who gaped with wondering eyes at him, sitting so stiff up there in their mother's bright atelier. when they drew near he motioned them away with an expressive action of the foot, loath to disturb the fixed lines of countenance, his arms, or his rigid shoulders. which statement best describes the point of view in the excerpt? a. the first-person point of view is voiced by an omniscient observer. b. the first-person point of view is voiced by a subjective character in the story. c. the third-person point of view is voiced by an observer with limited omniscience. d. the third-person point of view is voiced by an objective character in the story.

Before we can start eliminating answer choices, we need to understand what the difference between the two point of views is. 

First person point of view would be like you telling your own story. There will be personal pronouns such as I, me, my, mine, etc.

Third person point of view resembles a camera recording events. It's not necessarily told from the point of view of a person in the story. This will use pronouns like he, she, it, they, etc.

Looking at the excerpt you've included, I do not see any personal pronouns, which means that this will be from the third person point of view. Because of this, we can mark A and B off as answer choices.

Now that we've narrowed it down to C or D, we need to figure out the difference between limited omniscience or an objective observer.

If it is limited, we know the thoughts of the narrator, but no one else. As a side note, it would be omniscient if you knew everyone's thoughts in the story.

Conversely, if it's objective, we get no thoughts from the narrator. Everything is presented in an unbiased way.

If we look at the passage, we see mention of the resentment the narrator feels towards the children that disturb him. This is an inner thought, which is why C looks like it's the best answer here.