But very early in the morning poor ogilvy, who had seen the shooting star and who was persuaded that a meteorite lay somewhere on the common between horsell, ottershaw, and woking, rose early with the idea of finding it. find it he did, soon after dawn, and not far from the sand pits.
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a large piece suddenly came off and fell with a sharp noise that brought his heart into his mouth.
for a minute he scarcely realised what this meant, and, although the heat was excessive, he clambered down into the pit close to the bulk to see the thing more clearly.
what does the reader learn about ogilvy from the passages?
ogilvy’s curiosity tends to overcome his better judgment.
ogilvy’s desire for celebrity causes him to act carelessly.
ogilvy loves science so much that he is willing to risk his life for it.
ogilvy wants to have a good story to bring back to town with him.

A) Ogilvy’s curiosity tends to overcome his better judgment.

Explanation: In the given excerpt from "The War of the Worlds" we can see the description of some of the traits of Ogilvy's personality, he is very curious, we can see that in the fact that even if he was scared ("A large piece suddenly came off and fell with a sharp noise that brought his heart into his mouth") he decided to go into the pit, to see the meteorite more clearly, despite being dangerous.

The two parts that indicate the literary point of view of the essay are: " remember that it always troubled me to account for those unvarying boots in the window, for he made only what was ordered, reaching nothing down, and it seemed so inconceivable that what he made could ever have failed to fit."

"Besides, they were too beautiful—the pair of pumps, so inexpressibly slim, the patent leathers with cloth tops, making water come into one's mouth, the tall brown riding boots with marvellous sooty glow, as if, though new, they had been worn a hundred years. Those pairs could only have been made by one who saw before him the Soul of Boot—so truly were they prototypes incarnating the very spirit of all foot-gear."