Back Road Brady Rotondaro Analysis

When one travels on a road trip, there can be many mixed feelings of traveling to a different state, or even country. In “Back Road” by Vinnie Rotondaro, two adults travel from New York City to Pittsburgh for a friends engagement, taking the long way there. In the story “A Winter’s Drive” by ReadWorks, the text is about a man going to Canada for a few days to retrieve something he left behind when he moved to the United States. Mood is the state of feeling from the author that develops during the pursue of different texts, art works, or music. The mood of “Back Roads” by Vinnie Rotondaro is relaxed shown through setting, and the mood for “A Winter’s Drive” by ReadWorks was anxious shown through imagery. In “Back Roads” by Vinnie Rotondaro, the story is about two men traveling through New York City, taking the long road around the states to travel to Pittsburgh. The mood of …show more content…
In “Back Roads”, the author provides the mood of relaxed through his setting. Toward the end of the text, he states that back roads are great due to the apparel of creative pillars, structures, or designs. His text proves that is it unhurried, calm, and relaxed because ït would be foolish to ever drive on a major highway… Sam and Joe were going to take [Dan] on a road trip to Texas before his wedding¨ (Rotondaro 1). In the second written work, the reader will feel anxious due to the questioning of what is contained inside the box. The author implies that the item is important enough to lie to agent about, tug away floorboards, and ¨stash [the metal box] away in the knapsack he had carried in [his previous living]¨ (ReadWords 1). As the reader, you are capable of picturing the situation visually through its descriptive and figurative language. Both authors create mood through literary elements, with descriptive words, surroundings of areas, and figurative language to visually picture the