Question

and they streamed in on the highways and their hunger was in their eyes, and their need was in their eyes...which best describes the tone of this excerpt indifferent, enlightened, grammatical, sympathetic

Answer 1

The answer is sympathetic.

Answer 2

Answer: Sympathetic

This excerpt describes the experiences of migrants during the Great Depression. As farming was unsuccessful, and jobs were scarce, poverty was rampant. Families were forced to walk from town to town looking for an opportunity to earn some money or get some food. These lines describe the people as having "hunger and need" in their eyes. It paints a picture that is extremely miserable, but also compassionate and sympathetic to the suffering of these people.