The Quinceanera Text Analysis

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Lots of people have received gift that is not particularly favored. Those people know exactly how Ana and Dori feel. Ana is a character in Erin Fanning’s “The Quinceanera Text”. Dori is a character in Rachel Vail’s story “Good Enough”. Both of these characters received disappointing gifts, but later the girls realized how much these present represent the love the families show towards the young ladies. “Good Enough and “The Quinceanera Text” have similarities and differences such as author's tone and types of characters. One similarity between “Good Enough” and “The Quinceanera Text” is the types of characters. In both stories’ the characters are static characters. In “Good Enough,” Dori dislikes the shirt Mom purchased for Dori’s birthday. …show more content…

In “Good Enough,” the author's tone creates a mood of agitated. Specifically when the author wrote, “After I dried my face on the damp towel, I took one more deep breath and attempted to smile I hope no one could tell that I had been crying(Vail 11). To elaborate, Dori crying explain how upset the young girl really is. Also, Dori does not want anyone to see the tears, this makes the reader feel upset and the author says this excerpt in troubled tone to create a mood of agitated. However, in “The Quinceanera Text” the author tone creates a mood of hopeful. “Ana, hurry. Abuela is watching us.” My cousin Consuela nodded at the present. “Could it be a phone?” “It is the right size.” I looked around. My grandmother winked at me, then wagged her finger”(Fanning 19). This tone gives the reader a feeling mood of hopeful because an excited Ana is hoping that the box contains a phone. And the way the author explains Abuela’s actions it seems like the grandmother is trying to keep the young girl from ruining the extra special surprise. To conclude, how the author's tone affects the reader's mood is a difference between “Good Enough” and “The Quinceanera

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