Read Each Passage Below and Identify the Purpose and Tone

Short Answer

Read each passage below and identify the purpose and tone.

I cried aloud, shaking my head all the while until I felt the cold blades of scissors against my neck, and heard them gnaw off one of my thick braids. Then I lost my spirit. Since the day I was taken from my mother I had suffered extreme indignities. People had stared at me. I had been tossed about in the air like a wooden puppet. Adapted from Dole & Taggart, Activate College Reading, 1st ed.
-What is the purpose of this paragraph?_________________________