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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Alexandra Contreras Professor Epstein-Corbin English 101 2 September 2014 Joan Didion “On Keeping a Notebook” In “On Keeping a Notebook‚” Didion writes about the importance in keeping a notebook to record events and personal feelings. She makes it vital to write in the moment that these events‚ thoughts‚ and feelings occur. Although‚ the point isn’t to be accurate or persuasive but rather personal to reflect and reveal what she discovers about herself in the process while still applying
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Why I Write People write for many reasons. Some write to learn about themselves‚ express themselves‚ or to educate others. Still others write in an attempt to create a permanent record of thoughts‚ or to create a fictional world that can be shared with their readers. For the most part‚ I have written and continue to write in order to get good grades. The focus on different aspects of the writing experience has changed as I have become older. In my freshman year of high school the main focus
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Kevin milone Mrs. Cangelosi 11AP Language and Composition October 4th‚ 2012 “Why I Write” George Orwell and Joan Didion‚ in their essay‚ “Why I Write‚” imply that writing has affected each author to abdicate adversity and to accept failure. Orwell and Didion support their implications by explaining how each author attempted to embrace the abstract ideas in writing‚ but learned to view themselves as mediocre writers‚ neither good nor bad‚ whose
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George Orwell states that “You can’t have a revolution unless you make it for yourself; there is no such thing as a benevolent dictatorship‚” and that is what he shows through Animal Farm. In chapter 7‚ Napoleon uses the rhetorical devices like imagery to express this view. “Napoleon stood sternly surveying his audience; then he uttered a high-pitched whimper. Immediately the dogs bounded forward‚ seized four of the pigs by the ear and dragged them… The pigs’ ears were bleeding‚ the dogs had tasted
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The time period following World War I and the 1960s were eras of chaos and rebellion in the modern era. World War I‚ as well as the years following it was a major period of conflict when murderous acts were committed. The sixties was also a chaotic time period due to the new ways in which teenagers were rebelling‚ as well as other conflicts‚ such as the Vietnam War. Many writers took note of these societal adjustments. Joan Didion and William Butler Yeats‚ for example‚ both wrote about their
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People have talked about the world coming to an end for many centuries. WB Yeats and Joan Didion used their knowledge of writing to express the state of the world we live in. WB Yeats and Joan Didion illustrate their skill in writing by using all sorts of literary techniques in their works of literature; but their primary literary techniques are diction‚ imagery‚ and figurative language. WB Yeats and Joan Didion use diction to represent the meaning or theme of a poem through distinctions in sound
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people impose their morality on others and expect them to act in the way they find fit. They believe that the idea of right and wrong is universal. In her essay “On Morality”‚ Didion contradicts this theory and believes that everyone can have different ideas of morality based on their own perception. To make her point‚ Didion uses the examples of Klaus Fuchs and Alfred Rosenberg. Fuchs was a British traitor who leaked nuclear secrets to the Soviets‚ and Rosenberg was the Nazi administrator of Eastern
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Why I Cannot Write? Why do I question myself with this – why I cannot write? Where in fact‚ writing is taught since kindergarten and even before I was sent in formal schooling. I have complete fingers; my hands aren’t paralyzed or disjointed; I don’t even have muscle spasms. And I’m not sightless‚ deaf‚ dumb‚ one armed or a person with disabilities. So of course I know how to write! I can write the ABC’s or the alphabet‚ words‚ numbers and yes‚ my name‚ I bet I could even write yours too. But
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Wu Shuang Dr. Menz ENG 291-050 January 20‚ 2013 Why Do I Write? Men have multiple ways to express their thoughts since millions of years ago -- fine art‚ music‚ writing‚ dancing‚ etc -- among them‚ writing is not my first choice. I only write when I have to‚ because writing for me isn’t an easy or fun job. The art form of literature was born after written language‚ which came into being later than other forms mentioned above. Deductively‚ writing might be the most complex
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