I would say C along with validation this helps you to avoid plagiarism.
Sogole's decision to help Kaddo adds to the main theme, selfish people are often left alone in difficult times, by showing that Kaddo remains selfish and reckless even in his hour of most need. Kaddo gets help when he needs it, which he didn't do before when the peasants asked him for help, but wastes the opportunity of starting over and dies.
Answer:
Tone: Sorrow and Regret
Explanation:
I would say sorrow and mourning for the first half of it due to the nature of the way there talking makes it seem as if they have lost something they never had. This could also be described as mourning for the loved ones you never new of and make our character mourn over the death of here never before seen mother. Another tone I see near the end hint in is regret using descriptive language to describe how our character could hold our mother, and spend time with her before she died. As well as the regret of not being able to see her in sickness, or at her burial site. This may be the description of a older person describing the time when there mother died that they never knew when they were younger.
Mopped his brow, exhaled sharply, and picked up his phone.
