This excerpt describes John Grady's journey from San Angelo to San Antonio. Snow was falling in the San Saba when they crossed it and snow was falling on the Edwards Plateau and
in the Balcones the limestone was white with snow and he sat watching out while the gray flakes flared
over the windshield glass in the sweep of the wipers. A translucent slush had begun to form along the
edge of the blacktop and there was ice on the bridge over the Pedernales. The green water sliding slowly
away past the dark bankside trees. The mesquites by the road so thick with mistletoe they looked like
live oaks. The driver sat hunched up over the wheel whistling silently to himself. They got into San
Antonio at three o'clock in the afternoon in a driving snowstorm and he climbed out and thanked the
man and walked up the street and into the first cafe he came to and sat at the counter and put the
satchel on the stool beside him. He took the little paper menu out of the holder and opened it and
looked at it and looked at the clock on the back wall. The waitress set a glass of water in front of him.
1. What is the mood or atmosphere of the setting?
2. What words best create the mood or atmosphere of the story?
3. How does this excerpt help the reader understand the story?

Article one: the new york tribune from december 5, 1859on leaving the jail, john brown had on his face an expression of calmness andserenity characteristic of the patriot who is about to die with a living consciousnessthat he is laying his life down for the good of his fellow as he stepped outof the door a black woman, with her little child in her arms, stood near his way. thetwain were of the despised race for whose emancipation and elevation to the dignityof children of god he was about to lay down his he stopped for a moment in hiscourse, stooped over, and with the tenderness of one whose love is as broad as thebrotherhood of man, kissed [the child) affectionately.article two: the cincinnati enquirer from december 3, 1859we rejoice that old brown has been hung. he was not only a murderer of innocentpersons, but he attempted one of the greatest crimes against society-the stirring upof a servile and civil war. he has paid the penalty for his crimes, and we hope his fatemay be a warning to all who might have felt inclined to imitate his aggressive conduct.now it is your turn. you need to synthesize the two articles mentioned above into one or two paragraphs. you may lookat the synthesized paragraphs above for an example, but your paragraph should be different. remember to follow theprocess hints mentioned earlier in this lesson.iuflad