What is noticeable about McCandless's writing in his Mexican adventure account?

• A. It is written in stream-of-consciousness with long paragraphs
• B. It is written in the third person
• C. It is written in the first person
• D. It is written as a series of diary bullet points

Answer: (B)

The idea being tested is the narrative point of view used in the Mexican adventure section. The writing is best described as third person because the account is told from an outside observer’s perspective, not from McCandless’s own voice. You’ll notice pronouns like he and McCandless are used to describe what happens, how scenes unfold, and how other people interact with him, rather than him narrating his thoughts in his own words. This gives the passage a more distant, narrative feel, focusing on events and surroundings rather than intimate inner reflections.

It isn’t stream-of-consciousness, which would dive deeply into his private thoughts in long, unfiltered passages. It isn’t first-person, which would center on “I” and his personal, interior perspective. It also isn’t presented as a diary broken into short bullet-like entries. All of those options would reveal a more intimate or fragmented style, whereas the Mexican adventure section reads as an external narration about what occurred.