How can writing benefit the writer?

Read this excerpt from leah missbach day's foreword to wheels of change.bicycles have long played a role in my life. as a young woman, i rode one year-round before i had a car. but it was later in adulthood that the bicycle became more than a source of transportation for me. the bicycle actually began to truly shape the way i saw the world.what is the author's purpose for including this in the foreword?

Select the indicate quotation that correctly sequences the verbs

The point of view in the novel can best be described as third-person omniscient third-person limited second-person first-person