Read the paragraphs from “The Golden Bird.” He met the fox, who gave him the good advice: but when he came to the two inns, his eldest brother was standing at the window where the merrymaking was, and called to him to come in; and he could not withstand the temptation, but went in, and forgot the golden bird and his country in the same manner. Time passed on again, and the youngest son too wished to set out into the wide world to seek for the golden bird; but his father would not listen to it for a long while, for he was very fond of his son, and was afraid that some ill luck might happen to him also, and prevent his coming back. However, at last it was agreed he should go, for he would not rest at home; and as he came to the wood, he met the fox, and heard the same good counsel. But he was thankful to the fox, and did not attempt his life as his brothers had done. Based on these paragraphs, what point of view does the author use in the story?

a. first-person point of view
b. third-person omniscient point of view
c. second-person point of view
d. third-person limited point of view

The narrative is said to be third person omniscient point of view because the narrator tells about the wishes of the youngest son also. The omniscient point of view means narrator knowing the thought of all the character in the story., If it is limited point of view then narrator knowing only one person i.e., the main character point of view. As narrator explaining the wish of the younger son too then it is said to be third person omniscient point of view.