Click here to read the excerpt from Elie Wiesel's Night. Then read the following sentence from the excerpt and answer the question.
The beloved objects that we had carried with us from place to place were now left behind in the wagon and, with them, finally, our illusions.
Which of the following best describes the tone of the sentence?
a malicious tone that shows how the people were hated
a pessimistic tone that shows the hopelessness of the situation
an intimate tone that increases the suspense of the scene
a neutral tone that highlights the horrors of arriving at Auschwitz