This question has two parts. First, answer Part 1. Then, answer Part 2. Part 1 Read the passage from “The Crab That Played with the Sea.” ‘Is all the Sea obedient to you?’ ‘No,’ said the Man. ‘Once a day and once a night the Sea runs up the Perak river and drives the sweetwater back into the forest, so that my house is made wet; once a day and once a night it runs down the river and draws all the water after it, so that there is nothing left but mud, and my canoe is upset. Is that the play you told it to play?’ ‘No,’ said the Eldest Magician. ‘That is a new and a bad play.’ What is the tone of this passage?
The Man lists the Sea’s disruptive effects: it wets his house, leaves his canoe in mud, and upsets the canoe. His complaint and question show annoyance at the Sea’s behavior, so the tone is irritated. He does not sound enraged, and the passage is not merely objective because it conveys his frustration.
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