“Don’t forget-no one else sees the world the way you do, so no one else can tell the stories that you have to tell.”-Charles de Lint. A character’s voice and mood are important to the story because they help the reader to understand the purpose of the story. In the story “Stop the Sun” by Gary Paulsen and “The Treasure of Lemon Brown” by Walter Dean Myers, the authors use dialogue to develop the characters and mood. In “Stop the Sun”, Gary Paulsen uses dialogue to develop characters and mood in the story. First in “Stop the Sun” “But what happend? What actually caused it?” I told you Vietnam. Terry is not getting the answer he wants. Mom seems to be worried but not have answers to give Terry or she’s not sure herself. Then, “But mom!” said