Identify the tone of the following descriptive paragraph. the scene that stretched in front of me offered a hint of shelter from the bitter cold. i stood on the icy, snow-covered shore. to my left stretched the waters of the mighty ocean. the shoreline curved ahead of me to the left, reaching a short arm out into the unrelenting cold water. waves rolled in and frothily snapped at the edge of the land. i had no way to get back home. a. serious c. concerned b. lighthearted d. despair

How does crane's depiction of the way information was spread in the nineteenth century affect the novel? crane seeks to use the novel as a way to criticize the journalists of the time for how they glorified war as a means of union propaganda. by depicting the extent to which newspapers were circulated, crane seeks to expose the lack of unbiased reporting at the time. by giving newspapers a major role in the novel, crane seeks to make a connection between the increasing role of the military in national affairs and the decline of farming. crane captures the power of journalistic reports at a time when it was the primary means of transmitting information to a broad audience by showing its influence on henry.