AUTHOR'S TONE - I THOUGHT OF SYLVIA AND EVIE
AND SANDY AND TWO-BIT'S MANY BLONDES. THEY
WERE THE ONLY KIND OF GIRLS THAT WOULD LOOK
AT US, I THOUGHT. TOUGH, LOUD GIRLS WHO WORE
TOO MUCH EYE MAKEUP AND GIGGLED AND SWORE
TOO MUCH.
THE AUTHOR'S TONE (THROUGH THE NARRATOR)
SEEMS TO BE:
OLIVELY DEPRESSED ODISCONTENT
NOW CIRCLE THREE WORDS OR PHRASES IN THE
PASSAGE THAT BEST CONVEY THIS TONE.