Hello. You did not inform the text to which this question is referring, which makes it impossible for it to be answered accurately, however, I or try to help you in the best possible way.
It is only possible to actually know the tone of the text by reading it. However, if we analyze the sentence "I'm puzzled at how this so-called a" thing "" we can infer that it contributes to a tone of curiosity and distrust, since the speaker of this sentence, feels like this in relation to "thing "and displays this feeling to the reader.
It should be....Brandon is visiting his grandmother next week; he can't march in the parade.
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Emerson warns that friendship is “too good to be believed,” because one can never truly know another person; to Emerson, there is a “strict science” that keeps all persons in “remoteness” from one another. Because a person cannot know another person completely, friendship then is based on an imagined concept.
Since 'next' is a time-order word, you need another.
'Then' is a time-order word. You are not stating a 'fact', nothing happened abruptly, or 'suddenly', and you aren't comparing anything, 'similarly'.
Characterization is the process by which the writer reveals the personality of a character. Characterization is revealed through direct characterization and indirect characterization.