Read this excerpt from The Grapes of Wrath: No, me, I’m hungry. I’ll work for fifteen. I’ll work for food. The kids. You ought to see them. Little boils, like, com in’ out, an’ they can’t run around . . . . Me. I’ll work for a little piece of meat.
Which best describes the tone of this excerpt?
A. Syntactical
B. Sympathetic
C. Indifferent
D. Hopeful