What is the mood of the passage? how do you know? Each and every hair on Mary’s arms stood at attention as she slowly reached for the doorknob. She felt her fingertips grip the icy cold brass. She could hear every beat of her heart thumping as she twisted the creaky knob. She closed her eyes, unsure of what she might find behind the door.​

The great depression, which lasted throughout the 1930s in the united states, affected many people, and it had a devastating impact on an entire subset of the u.s. population. modernist writer john steinbeck wrote about the toll the depression took on these families, many of whom were forced to leave their farms and find other sources of income.