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Definition of Mood
The mood of a piece of writing is its general atmosphere or emotional complexion—in short, the array of feelings the work evokes in the reader. Every aspect of a piece of writing... read full definition
The mood of a piece of writing is its general atmosphere or emotional complexion—in short, the array of feelings the work evokes in the reader. Every aspect... read full definition
The mood of a piece of writing is its general atmosphere or emotional complexion—in short, the array of feelings the work evokes... read full definition
Fourth Iteration: The Main Road
Explanation and Analysis:
The mood of the novel is thrilling and suspenseful. Crichton frequently uses intense and detailed imagery to give the reader a visceral sense of what the characters are experiencing. One example occurs in Fourth Iteration: The Main Road, when the tyrannosaur tries to get at Tim and Lex inside the Land Cruiser:
Tim felt a sudden chill and then the head rushed forward toward him, the jaws open. There was the squeal of metal against teeth, and he felt the hot stinking breath of the animal and a thick tongue stuck into the car through the windshield opening. The tongue slapped wetly around inside the car—he felt the hot lather of dinosaur saliva—and the tyrannosaur roared—a deafening sound inside the car—
The head pulled away abruptly.
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