What kind of person is the speaker?

There are two narrators in the story. The first part of story is narrated by Gordimer through first person narration. In the second part of the story, there is an omniscient third person narrator. Both the narrators give their own point of views regarding the events. Gordimer talks about her life, her fears and her old house, while the second narrator narrates the story of a family who lost their child, because of over protecting themselves.