Read the excerpt from Warriors Don't Cry. As hard as I tried not to care, I couldn’t start my morning without knowing what the governor, his National Guard, and the school board were up to. I had to face the awful truth. Grandma was right, I was letting those people determine how I felt, and how I lived a great part of my day.

What best describes the narrator’s mood?

inspired
mournful
bothered
sympathetic