Second Post on My Second Book

So.. the mood of the Jungle...

The mood of this story is just basically very depression and sad overall, although there are moments where the characters are happy and the setting is all bright and warm this kind of atmosphere only lasts for about 1 or 2 pages. Throughout the story, Jurgis and everyone with him suffers continuously over and over again and has to undergo the sadness of death at as well. Everytime, the main character has a stroke of luck, in the next chapter he is whipped by bad luck in the next. The setting of the book makes this even sadder than it already is with the whole plot. The Lithuanian family are cheated, crumpled by death, are stuck in basically a slum area of Chicago, and their hopes are lost in oblivion. If one compares the character's attitudes in the beginning and then the same character in the middle of the book, you'll find it hard to believe that they are the same character. (However, in the end, the mood completely changes and can be hard to find the ending is the ending of a dystopian novel. ^^;;)

When I read this, the mood got me interested. Although this may be a bit cynical, I found that the book contributed to showing the true nature of the world. The mood also actually showed me the general flow of this story, and told me what kind of voice I should be reading this if I were to read it outloud. This was one of the best dystopian novel that I have read. The whole idea of the human struggle and the mood supporting it was like bread and cheese - really good.