Read the excerpt from "how i learned english.” someone said "shin” again, there was a wild stamping of hands on the ground, a kicking of feet, and the fit of laughter overtook me too, and that was important, as important as joe barone asking me how i was through his tears, picking me up and dusting me off with hands like swatters, and though my head felt heavy, i played on till dusk which role does the first-person point of view play in this excerpt?