Read this excerpt from Silent Spring. Then a strange blight crept over the area and everything began to change. Some evil spell had settled on the community: mysterious maladies swept the flocks of chickens; the cattle and sheep sickened and died. Everywhere was a shadow of death. The farmers spoke of much illness among their families.

Which word best describes the tone used in both excerpts?

frustrated
passionate
wishful
insincere

Then, one spring, a strange blight crept over the area, and everything began to change. Some evil spell had settled on the community; mysterious maladies swept the flocks of chickens, and the cattle and sheep sickened and died. Everywhere was the shadow of death. The farmers told of much illness among their families

Explanation:

ill say "frustrated"

Explanation:

if you think it keeps killing everything but farmers probably have to keep regrowing their crops so i say frustration

i am also pretty sure it is c

so is this a rhetorical question?