What is the purpose of this passage? to inform readers about a variety of H. G. Wells's literary works
to entertain readers with details from The War of the Worlds
to inform readers about methods for writing science fiction novels
to persuade readers of the literary merit of The War of the Worlds

Read this passage from william faulkner's the sound and the fury: i says no i never had university advantages because at harvard they teach you how to go for a swim at night without knowing how to swim and at sewanee they dont even teach you what water is. i says you might send me to the state university; maybe i'll learn how to stop my clock with a nose spray and then you can send ben to the navy i says or to the cavalry anyway, they use geldings in the cavalry. which best describes the narrator's tone in this passage? a. bitter b. angry c. sarcastic d. all of the above