But to her-for he loved her very much and buses were being burned, cars stoned, and schoolchildren
shot by the police in those quarters out of sight and hearing of the suburb-he had electronically controlled
gates fitted.
which best describes the author's tone in the above passage from "once upon a time"?
happy
concerned
mocking
horrified

The correct answer is concerned.

Explanation:

Once Upon a Time is a short story written by South African writer Nadine Gordimer and it talks about a frame story about a married couple that lives in a suburb that keeps color people out; the couple is afraid of the riots in the city nearby the suburb.

Before the excerpt, the woman told the man that she was very afraid of the things that were happening; to calm her down, the husband fitted the electronically controlled gates. He is very concerned about his wife, so it is the correct answer.

this passage has a lot of figurative language like examples are

the day we found the sharks' teeth was foggy and cool.

moisture hung in the air so thick you could almost see it sparkling in the dim sunlight.

figurative language can not be taken seriously it is just sayings.

- "there are several movements that doris lessing was associated with. first of all, communism. she pursued her communist beliefs and included them in her writing, and was also a member of several communist book clubs. she is also strongly associated with feminism, her fight for equality and women's rights.

doris lessing is the kind of writer who has followers, not just readers. they have been engaged to her chiefly because of her involvement in major problems, such as politics and woman-ism."