The author uses from the first person point of view. This is viewed in the first person because the author uses pronouns such as "we" and "my" in the story. To have pronouns such as "we" and "my" is the definition of first person narrators. An example of this can be seen through the following phrase: "My mother is not an inventive or convincing liar, and the excuses which occur to her are obviously second …showed first 75 words of 747 total…

…showed last 75 words of 747 total…passage suggests character focalization. The character, being the mothers, tells the audience directly that things like that did not happen to them. Mother being the focalizer and the things that had occurred to Miss Marasalles being the focalized object. The mothers observe the events that occur to Miss Marasalle's parties for always having things go wrong with it. However, they do not know that later she would present a very shocking performance with no flaws.