Read the following quote from later in the story and answer the question below:
"It was now the representation of an object that I shudder to name--- and for this,
above all, I loathed, and dreaded, and would have rid myself of the monster had I
dared-- it was now, I say, the image of a hideous---a ghastly thing--- of the
GALLOWS!---oh, mournful and terrible engine of Horror and of Crime--- of Agony
and of Death!"
Which of the following sentences provides the best analysis of the impact of first-
person point of view on this passage?