Which narrative style does jhumpa lahiri use in her short story “once in a lifetime”?
first-person perspective
second-person perspective
third-person limited perspective
third-person omniscient perspective

This short story is from the collection of short stories named Unaccustomed Earth which describes Bengali Americans daily culture mix. Once in a Lifetime is a story which Lahiri writes about the disposition typical of an Indian family through the eyes of a young Bengali girl, Hema. She narrates her common childhood memories which shows how they moved from Cambridge to Calcutta and back to Cambridge. Because the story is told by Hema, it is a third-person omniscient perspective. It is omniscient because the protagonist knows all the details about the story since this story is about her childhood memories.

explanation:

you only need simple sentences to answer this. just answer these questions.

what do you think annie thinks of the mother? do you think annie believes the mother is a fit mother for helen.

what about the father? what would annie think of him? she might not like him, but does she respect him.

how about the son? would annie think he is the only voice of sanity in an insane place?

what about helen herself? this is the key question. how does she see helen? what do you suppose she thought her first job was going to be.

these aren't hard questions. just state the obvious. annie is not that well educated: she just knows what she has to do. write it that way.

you can do it if you've read the book or seen the play or movie.