Read this excerpt from "goodbye to all that" by joan didion. i laughed with him, but the first snow had just begun to fall and the big christmas trees glittered yellow and white as far as i could see up park avenue and i had a new dress and it would be a long while before i would come to understand the particular moral of the story. which statement best explains how the imagery in this excerpt affects the mood of the text? it creates an idyllic mood that the reader better understand the optimism didion felt during her early years in new york. it creates a melancholy mood that suggests to the reader that didion occasionally felt lost and disorientated in new york. it creates a bewildered mood that conveys to the reader didion's regrets about the time she spent feeling unhappy while in new york. it creates a tiresome mood that shows the reader why didion, like her companion, grew world-weary and wanted to leave new york.