Which of these statements from the passage indicates the author's bias toward volunteer efforts of young people?

the correct answer option for this is: false.

explanation:

we are given the following statement 'hawthorne thought of himself as a novelist' which is false.

the truth is that nathaniel hawthorne thought of himself as a romancer, rather than a novelist.

though it is ironic of him of him to consider himself a romancer rather than a novelist despite of the innocent women killings in the salem witch trials which occurred in colonial massachusetts between 1692 and 1693 .

the switch in narration increases the proximity of the narrator to the main character and the reader can perceive information only through the filter of a single character.