Which one of these excerpts from Mark Twain's Life on the Mississippi best shows that the story is told in first person?
A.
So by and by I ran away. I said I never would come home again till I was a pilot and could come in glory.
B.
Assembled there, the people fasten their eyes upon the coming boat as upon a wonder they are seeing for the first time.
C.
Boy after boy managed to get on the river. The minister's son became an engineer.
D.
The "point" above the town, and the "point" below, bounding the river-glimpse and turning it into a sort of sea.
A.
"So by and by I ran away. I said I never would come home again till I was a pilot and could come in glory."
The excerpt that best shows that the story is told in first person is A.
In this excerpt, the narrator says, "So by and by I ran away. I said I never would come home again till I was a pilot and could come in glory." The use of the pronoun "I" clearly indicates that the story is being told from the perspective of the narrator.