Why does gregory djanikian most likely use the first-person point of view in "how i learned english”? to share directly what the main character is thinking and feeling to readers create a mental picture of what is happening in the story to show the conflict between the main character and the other boys to better develop the events that are part of the story’s rising action

The answer is:

to share directly what the main character is thinking and feeling

The first-person point of view is a literary device to allow the audience identify with the narrator and be able to get to know his feelings, thoughts and motifs.

In the poem "How I learned English," by Gregory Djanikian, an emigrated Egyptian boy is trying to play baseball with American boys in an American baseball field. As a consequence, the writer probably intends that readers make a connection with the boy, who feels as an outsider.

to share directly what the main character is thinking and feeling

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