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    Joan Didion the Santa Ana

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    In the essay “Santa Ana” by Joan Didion‚ the author was very descriptive with imagery‚ tone‚ objective description‚ and subjective description. The way she spoke to the reader about the weather in Los Angeles actually drew an illustration in my head due to the great description by the author. She portrayed an image of how disturbing the winds were and how society was affected by the Santa Ana. The Santa Ana winds in Los Angeles are disturbing because they cause people to act in ways they normally

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    For this discussion I decided to write about Joan Didion’s essay‚ “The Santa Ana. The author starts off by explaining that there is‚ “Something uneasy with Los Angeles air in the afternoon.” This immediately grabs my attention as I have been to may states and towns and don’t believe I have ever had the feeling of uneasiness or that something was wrong with the air in a given city. Even when in Buffalo the air does not feel any different other than it is cold. The cloud cover does not help either

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    Santa Ana Winds

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    Santa Ana Winds In Joan Didion’s Los Angeles Notebook‚ she depicts the wind’s presence as sinister‚ however‚ her description clearly shows that she believes this is an incredibly mysterious and foreboding occurrence. Her use of diction and imagery set the tone for the essay‚ while her use of detail supports this claim. In the beginning of the essay Didion creates an image by presenting tension into the essay. She establishes this tension by using “uneasy”‚ “stillness” and “ominously” in order

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    Santa Ana Winds

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    Asya Evelyn 11/4/14 Period 1 The Santa Ana Winds Joan Didion feels that the Santa Anna Wind have a negative effect on people and makes people act very different. Throughout the passage Didion’s tone is negative and uneasy; and the same goes for her diction. She creates images that are negative‚ so the reader can understand her true thoughts and feelings toward the Santa Ana winds. She also gives details of the human behavior while the Santa Ana takes place. Didion opens up the passage by describing

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    Santa Ana Winds

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    Santa Ana Winds Weather can affect people’s behavior‚ positively and negatively. When the weather is nice and hot‚ it affects people positively by encouraging them to enjoy the outdoors‚ however‚ when the weather is bad‚ like when a hurricane hits this effects people negatively by worrying. Similarly‚ in the essay “Santa Ana Winds”‚ by Joan Dideon‚ the winds are so abrasive and obstructive that it engenders people to actually commit suicide. This occurs in Los Angeles. Even though Dideon provides

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    In Joan Didion’s "Los Angeles Notebook" her portrayal of the Santa Ana winds includes a unique‚ "Twilight Zone" tone. Her utilization of foreboding vocabulary made an uneasy tone and complexity of the Santa Ana’s with regular life. Didion’s utilization of complex components‚ for example‚ parallelism‚ difference‚ and imagery passes on that by and large‚ the robotic Santa Ana winds speak to differentiation of a regular‚ normal existence with the stress that accompanies the Santa Ana winds. The movement

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    Santa Ana

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    The Santa Ana Winds The Santa Ana Winds‚ seen through of the eyes of Joan Didion‚ is perceived as frightening‚ powerful‚ and mysterious. The arrival of the dry‚ incendiary Santa Ana wind’s creates an unknown uneasiness for the people of Los Angeles. The unearthly atmosphere is shown through the issues created by the winds before even arriving. Joan Didion explains through diction and meticulous details the change in atmosphere created by the Santa Ana wind. Didion begins by using creative diction

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    Santa Ana

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    In the first paragraph of Joan Didion’s essay "Los Angeles Notebook"‚ Joan Didion seems to be anticipating the Santa Ana winds. She sees the winds as destructive; physically and emotionally. She uses diction‚ imagery‚ syntax and detail to show this feeling. Joan Didion’s diction and imagery throughout the story creates danger‚ tension and mysteriousness. In the first paragraph‚ she describes the wind as "uneasy" and "tense". She states that the wind "whines" through the canyons and "dries the nerves

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    In the piece‚ Joan Didion describes the Santa Ana Winds which hit Los Angeles every so often. The winds are seen as a threatening issue‚ as Didion describes them as dangerous and unwanted. The passage portrays her view on the Santa Ana winds as something horrendous that makes a dramatic effect on the inhabitants of Los Angeles. In the first paragraph Didion begins by describing the eerie feeling in the air with words that connote an anxious tone‚ such as “uneasy”‚ “unnatural”‚ and “tension”. She

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    Joan Didion

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    Joan Didion had messed up on a job and had nothing to do since. So on the cold spring of 1967‚ she decided to go to San Francisco‚ where her essay Slouching Towards Bethlehem takes place. San Francisco is a place where there are full of hippies. In her essay‚ she illustrates the detailed encounters with the hippies and portrays their personalities and lifestyles. Although Joan Didion describes the hippies as immature‚ she also feels pity for their situation at the same time. Didion expresses that

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