The Change Of 'Mood In The Book Weasel'

The night is crisp and black as the moon lets off an eerie glow, leaves rustle and fall somewhere in the distance. A silhouette dwarfs the blackberry bush in the corner as one’s footsteps refrain, they move closer; you run. Suspense is a state of tension and anxiety which was used in the sentence above and is common in books and short stories. In the short story “The Monkey’s Paw” by W.W Jacobs suspense is created in a variety of ways. Jacobs demonstrates this by using foreshadowing, conflict and surprise endings.

Fahrenheit 451, is a book which helps to connect its plot through the authors uses of literary devices. Tone can help to create characterisation, in doing so it helps the reader to get a better grasp of the character and their inner thoughts. It also can, help to create imagery, through the author uses of symbols throughout the book. The theme of Fahrenheit 451 is one can go along with society without knowing their true identity, as shown by the authors tone throughout the book.

Throughout the book observations can be made of the creature's feelings of how they develop such as emotional feelings like misery clearly stated by him "How can I move thee"? I was benevolent; my soul glowed with love and humanity: but I am I not alone, miserably alone?"

Everyone has dreams, big and small. When one dreams, there is a scent of whimsical hope in the air mixed with the powerful drive for success to obtain their luminous goals. But, many times these luscious dreams end up in grief and pain instead of a promised joy due to the hurdles in life, such as the certain circumstances that society professes or the flaws in a person that restrains them from their aspirations. The writer, John Steinbeck, incorporates this ideology in his novella, Of Mice and Men by creating three pivotal characters. Lennie, Crooks, and George all have schemes that go wrong, and yet hope to illustrate their desires of fulfilling their American Dream and to be prosperous for their own independent purposes.

The setting of the novel, Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury, is set in an urban, nameless city around the year 2053. Bradbury wrote the novel in 1953, and set the novel a century later. In this futuristic novel, there is a very sad and gloomy feeling. It also has a feeling of emptiness and unhappiness; this was caused by the government regulations and societal views, along with the absence of knowledge and communication. These crucial elements in the story all contribute to the overall mood in Fahrenheit 451.

I don’t like this” (1 & 2) Soon however it was as the mother and father had switched moods. The mother was acting very nice and wanted the stranger to come in. Before long the father wanted the man out and became very aggressive. The author does this to show how the mother and father started to act very differently when the stranger showed up. It makes us ask the question, how did the stranger bring these personalities to the mother and father so quickly. She is trying to build suspense upon the story. The author puts mixed moods in the reader's when the characters all start acting different. It makes the reader wonder why the characters are acting like this making the reader want to know what's going to happen next. With suspense building, the reader comes to the edge of there seat and the author does this so the reader can feel like there in that moment.

“... A hoarse cry came from his lips as he realized he had reached too far and lost his balance … he struggled up to the surface and cried out, but the wash from the speeding yacht slapped him in the face.”What did you feel there. Were you scared as he fell off the boat into the water? You may have felt this way because of the mood. In the story, “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell, the mood changes a lot. It goes from a pitch black night falling off a yacht, to a sunny afternoon walk on the beach, then after that a whole other mess of things. All these things make you feel different because of mood. Mood sets the tone through characters, the places they go, and the things they experience.

A third-person limited narrative point of view is employed in the novel to relay Jamie’s thought processes as to reveal his inner

Tension and uncertainty caused by the unknown is the meaning of suspense. In “The Monkey’s Paw” by W.W. Jacobs suspense is found. During “The Monkey’s Paw” by Jacobs suspense is created through setting, irony, and foreshadowing. Much suspense is caused by these story elements.

     The author wrote this story as a literary genius. There is an extreme level of suspense that leaves you wanting

explains what it was like before she stopped listening to Nathan: “Feared Him, loved Him,

Having never experienced a positive way to express his feeling in his childhood it caused him to be so cold and empty in side. He was as inhuman and void of emotions as his small childhood pet.

1. Throughout the story suspense is aroused and maintained excellently. This is achieved by the character the author creates. Mr. Martin is characterized as a neat and cautious man, who never took a smoke or a drink in his life. Our suspense is aroused when the author states that it has been “a week to the day since Mr. Martin had decided to rub out Mrs. Ulgine Barrows”. This arouses our suspense because we are told Mr. Martin is planning to murder this woman. The suspense is maintained with Mr. Martin’s thoughts. We as an audience are given his thoughts through the use of the 3rd person omniscient point of view. His thoughts are mostly on the issue on his dislike of Mrs. Barrows. Because of this, he

The “Tell-Tale Heart” and “The Monkey’s Paw” both convey suspicion and growing fear of what will happen “The Monkey’s Paw” is about a monkey’s paw that grants three wishes, but in the worst way. The “Tell-Tale Heart” is about a man who murders an old man, but his guilty conscience betrayed him by making him hear the old man’s heart after he died. "The Monkey's Paw" creates suspense through a slow paced timeline, and "The Tell-Tale Heart" creates suspense throughout the plot, the murder, and finally the heart beating after death causing him to surrender and confess.

Throughout the story, the mood becomes more suspenseful. As Janet walks out of the strong spring storm and enters her cold damp house, she is overcome by feelings of isolation and loneliness. Her husband is not there; there are dead plants