Question

Rainsford, reclining in a steamer chair, indolently puffed on his favorite brier. The sensuous drowsiness of the night was on him. "It's so dark," he thought, "that I could sleep without closing my eyes; the night would be my eyelids–"

An abrupt sound startled him. Off to the right he heard it, and his ears, expert in such matters, could not be mistaken.

—"The Most Dangerous Game,"
Richard Connell

What is the narrative point of view of the story?

first-person point of view
second-person point of view
third-person point of view

Answer 1

The answer is: third-person point of view.

In the excerpt from "The Most Dangerous Game,"  the author Richard Connell refers to Rainsford as "he," "his" and "him." Even though he quotes Rainsford's thoughts, he uses the third person point of view to provide readers a more objective and broader perspective of the story -as outsiders- and the observation of Rainsford and other characters's feelings and ideas as well.