The mood that is being created in the opening of my novel MONSTER is a dark, serious and depressing mood. This is probably due to the theme of the novel being about the struggle of a 16 years old black teenager who commits a crime and is arrested and is sent to prison for life. Three direct quotes that I think reveal efficiently of the mood of my novel is in the beginning, "The best time to cry is at night, when the lights are out and someone is being beaten up and screaming for help." This quote shows how dark and scary prison can be when your all alone. Another quote is, "If anybody knows that that your are crying, they'll start talking about it and soon it'll be your turn to get beat up when the lights go out." This quote shows how serious prison and the people in it can be. The last quote, "They take away your shoelaces and your belt so you can't kill yourself no matter how bad it is. I guess making you live live is part of the punishment.", I believe shows how depressing life in prison can get for the character in my story. Therefore the overall mood in the beginning of my novel is not that of a happy one, but instead a dark and depressing one.
Myers, Walter Dean, and Christopher Myers. "1." Monster. New York, N.Y.: HarperCollins Publishers, 1999. 1-5. Print.
Myers, Walter Dean, and Christopher Myers. "1." Monster. New York, N.Y.: HarperCollins Publishers, 1999. 1-5. Print.
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