How would you describe the mood throughout the story "An Uncomfortable Bed? How is the mood developed?

The mood of the story "An Uncomfortable Bed" is funny and humorous throughout the story. The narrator's self created fears (paranoia) that his friends behavior with him is strange and may lead to anything dangerous make the story humorous.

Explanation:

Guy de Maupassant's (1850-1893) "An Uncomfortable Bed" is humorous short story. The story is in first person narrative.

The narrator tells that his friends are fond of practical jokes. When he goes to them for spending some time together, his friends receive him enthusiastically. They being close friends with each other are in light mood and laugh a lot. This creates a sense of fear in the narrator that his friends have decided to make fun of him. As at one point (in the start) he says to himself,

"Look out, old ferret! They have something in preparation for you."

This paranoia is the main source of humor throughout the story, because whatever he does, in response to his friends actions, it becomes a joke.

annyksl annyksl · Answer 2 · 2021-09-18T02:40:47+02:00

The reader can notice a lively and fun mood throughout the story. This mood develops from the characters' eccentric behavior.

"An Uncomfortable Bed" was written by Guy de Maupassant. while reading this story, we can see the following facts:

The narrator is a man who has very active and lively friends.
These friends have very eccentric behavior, which often worries the narrator.
However, these friends are very funny and make jokes all the time.
Many of these jokes target the narrator, which scares him, but even his reaction turns funny in contrast to the behavior of his friends.

Thus, we can feel a mood of animation and fun throughout history.

A mood, within a text, is the sensation that the author wants the reader to feel during the reading. This allows the reader to have a greater immersion in story.