What is the tone of this passage?

I am unsure if this is correct (and I apologize), but this is the possible full question:

In the wagon where the bread had landed, a battle had ensued. Men were hurling themselves against each other, trampling, tearing at and mauling each other. Beasts of prey unleashed, animal hate in their eyes. An extraordinary vitality possessed them, sharpening their teeth and nails.

-Night

Elie Wiesel

What is the tone of this passage?

Which group of words from the text best reveals this tone?

How does the tone contribute to the author’s viewpoint?

The answer to the first question is savage (1st option).

The answer to the second question is tearing, mauling, beasts (3rd option).

The answer to the last question is It shows the author is fearful. (1st option).

b. cronkite, a trusted television personality, declared that the war was unwinnable and told the american people that the government had better find a way out

even though it went against everything the news anchors typically stood for, cronkite voiced an opinion and took a stance, telling the us that there was no way they were going to win, the war was going to end in a stalemate.