How does Preston’s use of imagery create the mood as he first looks upon Mount Elgon? (Make sure you state what the mood is).

“Mount Elgon brooded over the town and the trees, rising to an undefined height, its profile

buried in an anvil thunderhead, bathed in golden light. An edge of the mountain razored

diagonally upward into the cloud. A silent flash traveled around the mountain followed by another

flash—chain lightning, but no thunder reached the town. The air was cold, heavy, wet, and filled

with the sound of crickets” (387).