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Julia Alvarez two minute index talks about her mom and about the trip she went on. "Got that sick, cloying, I’m-going-to-throw-up feeling," here you can tell the tone Julia expressed was very nauseous and not very pleasing. Julia made us feel her emotions and what she was going through. “I miss them, Mami.”

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Julia Alvarez two minute index talks about her mom and about a trip she went on she was pretty well excited about everything in her 2 minute section.

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Tom Perrotta's two minute story was really hard to follow and talked about multiple different things at once.
http://cultivatingthought.com/author/tom-perrotta/

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Carlos Ruiz Zafon two minute story was stupid talking about the day the world ended he fell in love .

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Colson Whitehead
The two-minute index was about how a couple had a haunted TV DVR.

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Barbra's two-minute index talked about what she did and where she had explored.

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Jonathans two minute story had a silly mood to it. He wanted to have a sense of humor for the readers. He used corny jokes to get to us about his driving experience. He used "PED XING" (Which sounds Chinese but it isn't) ." He used his humor then on that joke .http://cultivatingthought.com/author/jonathan-franzen/

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Walter Isaacson's two minute story was very explaining and interesting to read. It was about how Einstein was young and how he was't smart at all. When he started thinking about clocks is when Einstein began to put struff together. The author compared his life to Einstein's life which made it more interesting to read.

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Lois Lowry's two minute story was a personal experience and she had a sense of humor but it was also serious and meaningful at the same time. In the story she says, "He even ate the lettuce...most dogs don't even like lettuce." This adds humor to the text.

http://cultivatingthought.com/author/lois-lowry/

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Laura Hillenbrand's two minute stories tone was thoughtful .

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George Saunders two minute story is very passionate about what he writes about. His mood is very kind and respectful. He's trying to make a change in people.
http://cultivatingthought.com/author/judd-apatow/

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http://cultivatingthought.com/author/bill-hader/ Bill's two minutes index used humor and references from songs and memories from his childhood. He was very excited because of his overuse of explanation points.  “Whoo! Whoo! Whoo! Whoo! Whoo! Whoo!" Every sentence had at least one explanation point. Readers can tell he misses his childhood.

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http://cultivatingthought.com/author/lois-lowry/

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Neil Gaiman's two minute story used words like "chaos, pain, and danger." His tone was very eye-opening, his story talks about what we don't think about and what our world could actually be. "What would you take if you only had two minutes to pack?" Thats something none of us could easily answer.

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Sarah's two-minute index had a lot of humor behind it, she kept the mood light and funny, using words like "jazzed", "crazy" & "obnoxious". The mood is light and funny, yet not obnoxious and laugh-until-you-cry humorous.

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Aziz Ansari
http://cultivatingthought.com/author/aziz-ansari/
The following analysis of Two minuties about my toothbrush by Aziz Ansari talks the humor of finding a tooth brush, and the tone was  humorous .He chose a fun topic about the adventure he took on finding a toothbrush, he used words like "Smiley", "delightfully", " A game changing tooth brush".  The mood was a cheerful mood because you left thinking that was a fun take on a short story. and through out the whole thing he used words like "home, amazon, computer" so you could get a mental picture he was just sitting at home on his computer.

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Marlyn had a grandmother who would cook a pot of this special kind of Mexican stew called "Pozole" and her family would gather up every christmas morning and eat the soup. When her grandmother was cooking it she would taste little samples of the stew and make weird reactions to the taste as if she didn't like it, But she still ate it. She used personification in the story saying "the soft sound of boiling bubbles tickled my ears."

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Mary Roach
Mary's two minute stories tone was delighted. She thought she was talking to someone she had known but in the end finding out it was a complete stranger she just had a nice conversation with. At the end of her story she says "I saw how my life could have been different. I saw how easy it can be". The mood was hopeful and joyful that a stranger she knows nothing about can be so kind and just being a decent person.
http://cultivatingthought.com/author/mary-roach/

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Malcolm Gladwell used the word "ubiquitous"  in one of his quotes and that stood out to me. He compared writing to music, calling it ubiquitous; meaning writing can be found anywhere. It gave off a serious tone.

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Fue Xiong
Fue Xiong's story was about his life before America which had sort of a sad tone, using words like, worry, nervousness, unwashed, tears, and miss. And he used imagery, which gave big image on how they were living before they moved to America like, "Soldiers in dirty green uniforms, surrounded by a cloud of warm brown dust, unload buckets full of raw sardines." This is how they got food, and describing it so well sets the image in your mind.

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LAURA ESQUIVEL
The tone set in the quote is a serious and some what dismal one. She talks in the interview about wanting to see he late parents again. And she goes on to say that she would not be surprised if they looked different. She uses words such as fixate, scent of their clothes, caress, and embrace to bring out a sad or dismal tone. The mood she wants us to feel is the same as the tone, she kinda wants us to feel the same as she does and want her to see her parents again.

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August Hagemann

In August Hagemann's two minute story, he used the words 'brave', 'powerful' and 'trapped'. The tone of his story was serious, but he put it in a way to make it funny. The mood is humorous. August's style of writing is very descriptive and vivid, it really puts a picture in your head. He used the word 'phantasmal', which means unreal, as a descriptive word for the birds' eyes.

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http://cultivatingthought.com/author/paulo-coelho/
Paulo's 2 minute index has a motivational & meaningful tone. He's talking about how all the hard work you do always pays off even  when you can't do it anymore. In the text he says " We all, at some point, grow old and acquire other qualities, and these can always be turned to good advantage." This makes the reader feel a sense of pride and work ethic and want to be like the pitcher of water.

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Alec Smith's story had a tone that reminded the reader of the time they spent with their grandparents. The mood was very nostalgic as he recalled certain things about his grandmother that other wise would not have been special. His word choice was very particular in describing certain aspects that made him remember his grandmother. For example when Alec said "The olive-green plastic salt and pepper shakers sat next to their matching napkin holder." and when he also said "Next to the table was Grandma’s beloved microwave oven. She cooked nearly EVERYTHING in the microwave; nothing was off-limits. By and large, her concoctions tasted sublime." Alec through his writing was trying to empathize with the reader, and wanted them to also cherish moments that right now do not seem so applicable.