Constructed Response...

Read the following excerpt and write a response below about the mood of this
passage.

"I decided to call to him. Miss Baker had mentioned him at dinner, and that would do
for an introduction. But I didn't call to him, for he gave a sudden intimation that he
was content to be alone--he stretched out his arms toward the dark water in a
curious way, and, as far as I was from him, I could have sworn he was trembling,
Involuntarily I glanced seaward--and distinguished nothing except a single green
light, minute and far away, that might have been at the end of the dock. When
looked once more for Gatsby he had vanished, and I was alone again in the unquiet
darkness."

What is the mood of this passage? Write a paragraph to answer this question. Your
topic sentence should identify the mood in the passage. Use plot details from the
novel to support the mood. Use text evidence from the paragraph to support the
mood. Write a closing sentence to end your paragraph.