Which excerpt from a student essay maintains the most objective tone? a. steinbeck's initial description of the stranger's wagon makes the character seem almost comical. b. steinbeck's initial description of the stranger's wagon was so comical that i really didn't take his character seriously. c. it was hard for me to take the stranger's character seriously because steinbeck's initial description of his wagon was so comical. d. i liked the way that steinbeck's initial description of the stranger's wagon makes his character seem almost comical.