The Great Gatsby Mood

Setting to create mood It is a dark and stormy night. There is no sign of life except for the occasional chirp of a cricket or the rare flutter of a nocturnal bird. Black clouds have covered the moon's glow, and only a rusted streetlamp provides any source of light for the fear-stricken residents of Mystery Lane. This image generates a setting that produces fear and anxiety in the readers mind. It helps create a mood in the situation, which allows the author to express his/her true view of the scene. In fictional literature, mood is essential for a scene to feel real. This mood is created by the setting in which the situation takes place. Setting allows the author to use physical surroundings and time to portray his/her feelings toward
In one situation she depicts Ousmane's home with "ragged children huddled in groups or standing alone, shivering in the November cold; their tear-filled eyes and face ravaged with hunger tugged at the heart-strings of the passers-by" (Ba 5). The shivering children form a picture of poverty, while their tear-filled eyes and ravaged faces show their desire for food, which Ousmane is determined to escape from. In another scene, Mariama describes Mirelle's taste in decorations and how she prefers to display her house. She preferred beautiful objects and "indulged herself on fitted carpets and wallpaper. She did not stint on the furnishing of her bedroom. In the sitting room the dominant color was orange. Thick rugs, comfortable armchairs, lamp shades everywhere, original paintings which she had brought with her from France" (Ba 82). The color orange and the lampshades create a sense of brightness, whereas the whole quote generates a feeling of richness and elegancy. Unlike Mariama, Marquez continuously creates a mood for a scene that is not especially significant to the story. For instance Marquez describes the Vicario family's house as "a modest house with brick walls and a palm roof, topped by two attics where in January swallows got into breed. In front it had a terrace almost completely covered with flowerpots, and a large yard with hens running loose and with fruit trees" (Marquez 44). Although it is
Although they focus on different aspects of mood and use different techniques to create the mood, the outcomes are quite similar. Both methods generate a better storyline and cause the scene to appear real to the reader. Without these descriptions of setting, the reader's sense of location and time would be lost, and the story itself would feel incomplete. Furthermore, at times, the reader would not have the ability to understand the emotion linked to the scene and thus misinterpret the authors true vies toward that scene. As stated before, mood is essential for fictional literature to feel real and both authors do this remarkably