Read the narrative and determine the point of view: "as the teen walked along the beach with his mother, he knew he had to tell her the verifiable truth. he figured she may never forgive him for his deception, but that she still deserves to know. as he considered this, his mom walked beside him without saying a word. she was aware of her son's actions, and was just waiting for him to act responsibly by admitting it. she kept watching out of the corner of her eye, allowing herself a small smile and enjoying his obvious discomfort." (5 points)

Read the excerpt from the declaration of independence. nor have we been wanting in attention to our brittish brethren. we have warned them from time to time of attempts by their legislature to extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction over us. we have reminded them of the circumstances of our emigration and settlement here. we have appealed to their native justice and magnanimity, and we have conjured them by the ties of our common kindred to disavow these usurpations, which would inevitably interrupt our connections and correspondence. they too have been deaf to the voice of justice and of consanguinity. what is the author’s purpose in this excerpt? to inform readers about british immigration to the colonies to convince readers that britain has treated the colonists unfairly to inform readers about specific acts of british military aggression to convince readers that american colonists should be tried in britain