Instructions:Select the correct answer. What is the mood of this excerpt from "The Open Boat" by Stephen Crane? The January wate
r 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
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 />
<span>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.</span>
his body looked like a corpse and he did not recognize himself
Explanation:
he is dissociating himself from his body, its a coping mechanism, however seeing himself in the mirror brings him back to having to acknowledge himself because he sees himself.
A Story,” Li-Young Lee develops the complex relationship between an insecure father and his innocent son through use of inner monologue from the father's perspective and the inverting of ideas and expectation
The federal budget's proposal offers only a rough estimate of the actual revenues and expenditures because the economy can face unexpected up or downs besides it is always a possibility that there might occur a non-programmed expense due to natural disasters, war o any kind of misfortune the nation could pass through.
