Question

(I'll give brainliest) In a paragraph of at least three sentences, explain the mood of this excerpt from Little Brother. Provide details from the text to support your answer.
I kept walking, my heart thumping in my chest. I'd been expecting this since I started. I'd been expecting the DHS to figure out what I was doing. I took every precaution, but Severe-Haircut woman had told me that she'd be watching me. She'd told me I was a marked man. I realized that I'd been waiting to get picked up and taken back to jail. Why not? Why should Darryl be in jail and not me? What did I have going for me? I hadn't even had the guts to tell my parents—or his—what had really happened to us.

Answer 1

In this passage, we can see that the author tries to create an anxious mood. It is clear that the character is feeling a lot of anxiety, as he describes how his heart was thumping in his chest. We can also see how the narrator is feeling guilt. He feels guilty because Darryl is in jail and not him. The narrator seems to expect something bad to happen to him, which increases the tense mood for the reader.

Answer 2

The little brother is feeling shame. He feels like he should be in jail not his older brother. So in conclusion the little brother feels like everything is his fault and his brother has taken the fall.