What is the mood of this novel? Do you find this novel saddens you in any way? Why?
I can summarize the mood of this novel by using four words: aggressive, dangerous,antisocial and inharmonic. They(socs & greaser) don't meet each other without fighting or dispute.They never try to have good feeling about opposite group. They had different grounds: their parent's economic ability, their cultures, and their appearance. Especially, greasers had bad home background. It make them more dark. So the atmosphere of story is always tense and dark.
I 'm pity that they were judged by parental economic ablity or state. Futhermore, people had fixed thoughts about them in spite of each child's difference. What's worse, they changed as stereotype that people made about each their group: socs & greaser. The most mournful thing is vicious circle: fight on fight, death on death. They can't get out of this cycle. In conclusion, society made their shape and takes most responsibility for them. So I'm a little heartbroken and pity.
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You summarized the mood of this novel by using four words, and they are aggressive, dangerous, antisocial and inharmonic. I think those words are really matches with dystopia!! And, they match with the novel’s title, “The Outsider.” You said that the atmosphere of story is always tense and dark, and I agree with you. I haven’t read this novel yet, but I can see that this novel’s mood is dark because of those four words you picked and Ms.Johnson selected this book for dystopia!
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I didn't read the book 'Lord of the Flies' yet, but it seems to very exciting and adventurous! (I like books that have dangerous and chaotic events.)
The book I read is "Fahrenheit 451". It is a quite interesting book, and it shows a clear imagination of the future. There are not many exciting events (as I think), but I'd like to recommend it to you if you like science fiction books! :D
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