Mood

In my opinion, the mood is like a feeling of sorrow, suspense and satisfaction in the Messenger. In the text it says, "Matty groaned and pressed his hands harder into the ground. All of his strength and blood and breath were entering the earth now. His brain and spirit became part of the earth." (Lowry, chap 21). This quote implies Matty's death in chapter 21. When this event, the story conveys some sorrow. "There were trades for things you didn't see. Those were the most dangerous trades." (Lowry, chap. 5). Now, this quote is about the Trade Mart. With this quote including the mysterious Trade Mart, it conveys a clear feeling of suspense, because you don't know whats going to happen next. Finally, in the text it says, "It was a tangled knots of fears and deceit and dark struggles for power that had disguised itself and almost destroyed everything. Now it was unfolding, like a flower coming into bloom, radiant with possibility." (Lowry, chapter 21). This quote shows a feeling a satisfaction because, it shows Village and Forest being returned to wonderful places, and not continuing their awful ways. In conclusion, Messenger had moods of suspense, sorrow, and satisfactory.

Forest was compared to a flower!