What can the reader infer about the monk's character based on the fact that all of his stories contain the same tragic stories

He cares more about preaching to his audience than entertaining them.

He is a simple person that only sees the world in absolutes.

He loses himself in the sermon he is preaching to the audience

a lot

explanation:

the purpose of the heading in the passage is to identify who is telling the story.

this excerpt is part of the book sugar changed the world (2010) written by marc aronson and marina budhos. as the book has been written by two people, the heading "marc" indicates that this specific excerpt is being narrated by aronson. in the fragment, marc describes his grandfather's story after hearing it from his cousin. however, there are other excerpts where budhos is the one that tells the story of her family.

aronson and budhos, who are husband and wife in real life, decided to write sugar changed the world when they found out how sugar, which had an important role in slavery and economy, changed their ancestors' lives.