Which revision of the first sentence best incorporates the literary term mood? Rainsford is not in the mood to listen to Whitney’s irrational assumptions about Ship-Trap Island. Whitney and Rainsford’s discussion of Ship-Trap Island immediately establishes a foreboding mood. Whitney’s description of Ship-Trap Island instantly puts the reader into the right mood to read the story. The story’s overall tone is established by the moods of its characters, Whitney and Rainsford.