Read the excerpt below and answer the question.
When they had traveled about one hundred fifty million leagues, they met with the satellites of Jupiter. They
stopped at Jupiter and stayed for a week, during which time they learned some very wonderful secrets that
would have been forthcoming in print if not for the inquisition, which found some of the propositions to be a
little harsh.

In the Micromegas excerpt above, the tone can best be described as
paradoxical
dogmatic
hyperbolic

How does crane's depiction of the way information was spread in the nineteenth century affect the novel? crane seeks to use the novel as a way to criticize the journalists of the time for how they glorified war as a means of union propaganda. by depicting the extent to which newspapers were circulated, crane seeks to expose the lack of unbiased reporting at the time. by giving newspapers a major role in the novel, crane seeks to make a connection between the increasing role of the military in national affairs and the decline of farming. crane captures the power of journalistic reports at a time when it was the primary means of transmitting information to a broad audience by showing its influence on henry.