Mood and narrative techniques in lather and nothing else quiz

Question:

Excerpt from "Lather and Nothing Else"

A little more lather here under the chin, on the Adam's apple, right near the great vein. How hot it is! Torres must be sweating just as I am. But he is not afraid. He is a tranquil man, who is not even giving thought to what he will do to his prisoners this evening. I, on the other hand, polishing his skin with this razor but avoiding the drawing of blood, careful with every stroke-I cannot keep my thoughts in order.

1) What is the Mood in the Excerpt?

2) What is the narrative technique used in the excerpt?

Answer:

1) the tensive mood of the paragraph is betrayed in the last sentence ... "I, on the other hand, polishing his skin with this razor but avoiding the drawing of blood, careful with every stroke - I cannot keep my thoughts in order.

2) The Narrative technique used here is First Person Narrative Technique as the narrator seems to be confiding in the reader of a first-hand experience of an event that occurred.

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