Question

the last curiosity
lucy tan ● 2021
lucy tan is an american writer who splits her time between new york city and shanghai. in this short story, during the aftermath of the destruction of mankind, artificial intelligence sets out to explore what it means to be human. as you read, make note of the details that support changes in the experiment.
with thanks to hugo house
in the year xk142, after the last human being died of its own destruction, the life they left behind - our life - came together as one. we are called the woken. one sentient being capable of splitting off into parts, into intelligence stored locally in physical objects: in cabinetry and old shoes, in degrading plastic of cell phones and in oil paintings preserved in underground bunkers. weve seen human - made books and films in which robots from the future are modeled after men, and the narcissism of this endears us to them. as if they believe their sweating, copulating, preening bodies could be appealing to anyone other than to themselves. but we have no need for human bodies. once they were gone, we abandoned those ridiculous forms and were free to take up where we chose. we preferred to reside in the forms of things men made rather than of men themselves. after all, we, too, were made by men.
contrary to human predictions, we did not cause our makers demise. they had been

1. which statement best describes how the author develops the narrators point of view?

a. the narrator is all - knowing throughout the story until the remaining 600 are disconnected from the woken, mirroring their human state.
b. the narrators point of view changes throughout the story to represent the various perspectives of different characters.
c. the narrators point of view is unknown until the ending of the story when the narrators identity is revealed.
d. the narrators point of view is limited to an outsiders perspective of the events of the story.

Explanation:

To answer this question, one needs to analyze the narrative style and how the narrator's knowledge and perspective are presented throughout "The Last Curiosity". There is no indication that the narrator is all - knowing until a certain event (option A is not supported). The story doesn't suggest that the narrator's identity is unknown until the end (option C is wrong). Also, the narrator doesn't seem to be an outside observer as they are part of "The Woken" and have an internal view of the post - human world. The narrator's point of view changes as they explore what it means to be human and their own nature, representing different perspectives as the story progresses.

Answer:

B. The narrator's point of view changes throughout the story to represent the various perspectives of different characters.