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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
Mood
Explanation and Analysis:
The mood of “The Pedestrian” is depressing and bleak. The story takes place in a futuristic city in which no one leaves their homes (and, in particular, their television sets) except to go to the gas station and work. No one, that is, but the protagonist Mead, who walks for hours every night, reflecting with bitterness and despair on the sad state of his society. The depressing mood comes across in the following passage, as Mead walks along a city street:
Was that a murmur of laughter from within a moon-white house? He hesitated, but went on when nothing more happened. He stumbled over a particularly uneven section of sidewalk. The cement was vanishing under flowers and grass. In ten years of walking by night or day, for thousands of miles, he had never met another person walking, not once in all that time.
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