respond in a well organized essay, and be certain your answer is written in complete sentences. setting (the time and the place in which a literary work takes place) and mood (atmosphere) are important elements in many of these stories. choose one story and describe some aspects of its setting where it takes place; what mood is created by the details of weather, place, and time; and how this setting helps to convey the theme of the story.

How does this excerpt develop the central idea that espionage during the civil war was often carried out by untrained citizens? it enhances the reader’s understanding by explaining why training was unnecessary. it changes the reader’s perception of what information a spy was able to obtain. it explains an ordinary person’s motivation for conducting espionage against the enemy. it adds moral complexity to espionage, due to the use of secret and dangerous methods.