Question

Instructions:Select the correct answer. What is the mood of this excerpt from "The Open Boat" by Stephen Crane? The January water was icy, and he reflected immediately that it was colder than he had expected to find it off the coast of Florida. This appeared to his dazed mind as a fact important enough to be noted at the time. The coldness of the water was sad; it was tragic. This fact was somehow so mixed and confused with his opinion of his own situation that it seemed almost a proper reason for tears. The water was cold. overwhelmed optimistic condescending grateful expectant

Answer 1

The correct option is OVERWHELMED.
To be overwhelmed means to be totally overcome in mind or feeling with a particular emotion such as sadness or remorse. In the passage given above, it is obvious that the character in the passage was already disturbed in mind by past occurrences. The fact that the weather is cold, which somehow relate to what he is going through, completely overcome his emotions to the extent that he started shedding tears.<span />

Answer 2

The mood of this excerpt from "The Open Boat" by Stephen Crane is overwhelmed. This is because it the person did not know his real emotion but all he knows is that he has a feeling which has brought him to tears and that is because he was so overwhelmed of what happened.