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Observation And Living In Bethlehem: An Analysis
After reading the title, I thought it might discuss the constraints citizens felt in Bethlehem on being
able to fully participate in occupations and recreational activities. I assumed one of these restrictions
included the time curfew implemented in the town that inhibited individuals from doing the thing
they wanted to do when they wanted to do them. Lavin shares her experience working and living in
Bethlehem, a town dominated by military activity. She shares the military presence impacts the
town's psychological, health, and emotional well–being (Lavin, 2005, p. 40). As a result of the town
curfew, Lavin is kept from participating in everyday activities, routines, and is also limited to social
interaction when she is confined in the walls
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Joan Didion's Essay 'Slouching Towards Bethlehem'
Joan Didion's book of essays titled "Slouching Towards Bethlehem" provides a great deal of
information on the author. She summarizes herself in the preface of the text. She states that she is
"so physically small, so temperamentally unobtrusive, and so neurotically inarticulate" (xiv). She
tells readers that she avoids situations where she has to talk to press agents and or make
telephone calls. It is quite obvious that Didion considers herself shy, bland, and anxious (xiv).
Readers know that she grew up with a mother, father, and small brother and lived in Colorado
Springs at the age of eight, and now that she is older, her family resides in the Central Valley of
California (29, 164). When she was younger, she lived in friends' apartments in New York, later
moved to a "monastic" apartment on Seventy–fifth Street with her husband, and then to Los Angeles
because of obvious dissatisfaction with their New York...show more content...
They eventually had a daughter after they settled down in Los Angeles (232–238).
Didion's writing shows a great deal of knowledge through her grammar usage and sentence
structure. The reader can assume that she has completed high school and went to college to
further her studies, perhaps somewhere in California, close to her family. Based off of her
writing, I know one of Didion's strongest values is family. An example is on her daughter's first
birthday and she states that she is at home, but not her house in L.A., it is actually where her
family lives (164). Earlier in the book, Didion appears to be financially stable with her statement, "I
live not far from 7000 Romaine, and I make a point of driving past it every now and then... A few
weeks ago I lunched with an old friend at the Beverly Hills
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The emotional impact of certain writings is changed by major events such as revolutions and wars.
As seen in "Slouching towards Bethlehem" where you see the effects of the Vietnam war in the 60's
movement, hippy movement, and how war changed the beliefs of the American people Because of
change it leads to a conflict between generations. In nonfiction, the tone and hidden meaning shown
in the story are heavily influenced by major events at that time. In Joan Didion's essay, "Slouching
Towards Bethlehem," she uses descriptive imagery, structure and references to WB Yeat's poem "The
Second Coming" to convey the turmoil and generational divide during the 1960's in America.
Slouching Toward Bethlehem took ideas from WB Yeats Poem "The Second Coming" where both
pieces of writing for inspired by the following of wars. In "the second Coming"
During the summer of 1967, the area in San Francisco was a magnet for individuals looking for
drugs. Joan hung out with runaways and acidheads. She met a different array of people such as,
dealers to poets. One thing she did notice is that there were several children. They were as young a
five years old taking acid. While at Haights she blended into the scene. The readers of the article
that she is writing gave them the sense that she was putting herself at risk reporting this story. As she
wrote what was happening there she was afraid that she might get sucked up into the Haight abyss
and become a lost soul.
While writing this story she did not interview anyone because when she tried to have a conversation
with the hippies all they would say to her is "Groovy". Even when she tried to talk to the cops they
would not even talk to her about what was going on. The welfare agency that helped the hippies out
were called the Diggers and they did not trust her and that she was demonizing the counterculture.
She did think that they were right. Even though the mainstream press was conflicted regarding the
hippie phenomenon.
We drink some more green tea and talk about going up to Malakoff Diggings in Nevada County
because some people are starting to commune there and Max thinks it would be a groove to take
acid in the diggings. He said maybe we could go next week, or the week
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Didion's "Some Dreamers of the Golden Dream"
In "Some Dreamers of the Golden Dream," the author Didion uses fiery imagery to parallel the San
Bernardino Valley to hell. It is a place where the
"hills blaze up spontaneously," and "every voice seems a scream." (p.3) Didions hellish descriptions
of the geography reflect the culture of San Bernardino
Valley. It is "where the hot wind blows and the old ways do not seem relevant, where the divorce
rate is double the national average." (p.4) In this culture, the importance of the "old ways," such as a
long–lasting marriage, are devalued. It is a society where the "dream [is] teaching the dreamers how
to live," (p.17) and where reality doesnt hamper peoples obsessions and...show more content...
Edward Foley, a man only looking to benefit himself, shows no respect or regard for the Lucille
Miller tragedy. Two people are killed and one person is sent to an institution for life; yet, Edward
Foley tries to utilize this opportunity to make money for himself. Another example of a depreciation
of societys principles is the scene for
Lucille Millers murder case trial. "College girls camped at the courthouse all night, with stores of
graham crackers and No–Cal." Also, "identification disks were issued to the first forty–three
spectators in line." (p.20) The trial is described not as a practice of law but as a sporting event. Just
as there are hot dog vendors at a sports game, there are "stores of graham crackers and No–
Cal" at the trial. Also, Didions use of the word "spectators" suggests that the people inside the
courtroom are looking upon the trial like a sports game.
Didion later refers to the courtroom seats as the "spectators section." (p.25) A sporting event is not
taken seriously. Therefore, Didions comparison of the trial to a sports game undermines the
seriousness of law and order in the San
Bernardino society. She implies that a self–seeking and avaricious culture results in chaos.
Lucille Miller is a prime example of an individual affected by the narcissistic culture.. Lucille, "a
woman motivated by love and greed" (p.22) does whatever is necessary to get what she wants. First,
she has an
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On Going Home Joan Didion Analysis
On Going Home was published in Slouching Towards Bethlehem around 1960. Joan Didion's
article, On going home, is a personal narrative about Joan's outlook of what home truly is. In the
article, Joan Didion describes her home and some of the events that occurred to paint a picture of
how her home was and what she considered home for that; while also showing her concerns of her
daughter considering the home she is creating, a good home. An element that catches the reader's
eye throughout Joan Didion's article, On Going Home, is Joan Didion's tone and style; both of which
clearly present her thoughts to the reader. Joan Didion's writing style for On Going Home includes
her using parenthesis to show her thoughts, scattered narration, strong emotive language, and using
fragmented sentences. Along with that, Joan Didion's tone during her writing was sad and frustrated
and her language throughout On Going Home reflected that.
The part that stands out the most with Didion's writing style is how she writes her sentences. Many
of Didion's sentences follow the stream of consciousness or are more of interior monologue. An
example of this is in her statement when she said, "What could that girl possibly make of, say, Long
Day's Journey into Night? Who is beside the point?."(Didion 2) This sentence shows how Didion
would phrase her sentences as if they were just her thoughts. Along with this, Didion also had
scattered narration in her article; which makes her writing seem even more as if it is just her
thoughts as she looks through her childhood home. The scattered narration in Didion's article also
showed her perception of her childhood home in a way. Another technique that Didion used in her
writing was to have sentence fragments. Many of the sentence fragments used in Joan's writing
seemed to paint a better picture for the reader to clearly see what Didion was seeing without using
action verbs which can occasionally take the reader away from imagining what the author was
describing. Along with that, the sentence fragments can also make the reader feel overwhelmed
which could also be how Didion was feeling as she stayed at her childhood home and tried to piece
together her thoughts. Joan also used parenthesis in
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Joan Didion
"Life After" opens through the following words: "Life changes fast. / Life changes in the instant.
/ You sit...to dinner and life [concludes]. The [pity question]" (Didion). Joan Didion composes such
lines not long following how her husband has died, a fellow writing composer named John Gregory
Dunne. At a future time, the woman contemplates whether to throw in "the ordinary instant," yet
scraps the idea, making a claim on how such associated words might be superfluous (Didion). The
woman meditates upon the ways wherein feelings on what's normal precede
day–to–day–living–journey–altering tragic events. For instance, the woman cites reports on the calm
existent leading up to Pearl Harbor and the World Trade Center attacks. The woman recalls...show
more content...
Though the woman references how Pearl Harbor and the World Trade Center got attacked, the
woman does not draw direct comparisons betwixt such tragedies and her own, and/or make
suggestions on how her feelings on grieving are equal to the anguishing able to overwhelm which
followed such attacks. Instead, the woman uses such examples for describing universal responses to
tragedies. In the aftermath on unexpected tragic events, survivors try to find ignored/neglected
cautionary signs for understanding what's happened. Didion isn't differentiated in any sense; she's
found it startling how nothing was around to suggest how she might lose someone with whom she
was in a four–decade–long partnership and relationship. When they made their return following
paying Quintana a visit upon the December 30 evening, Didion joins her husband in dinnertime
preparations. After fetching one alcoholic beverage for John, the woman realizes how he's stopped
with dialog while finding out he's slumping in the chairing occupied by him. She thinks he is trying
to play it up for drama and kicks yet the woman calls ambulances to
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Slouching Towards Bethlehem by Joan Didion is not what one would call a "feel–good" read. It is
for all those people who have lost their sense of place or sense of time or sense of self. Didion
opens the book with an epigraph, a W. B. Yeats poem stating, "Things fall apart; the center cannot
hold." The narratives are so poetic, they seem to be myths, stories conjured from the potential lack
of excitement in 1960s California. But, alas, the reports are true. It is because, in the news, one does
not hear about the feelings of those a part of the life, the up–close and personal truths that seem
absurd but identify almost anyone. Didion hits on universal truths by admitting extremely personal
ones. The meaning is blatantly there throughout the essays, but, because it is all so raw, it seemed
impossible to properly describe the feelings in words....show more content...
Her portraits of people illustrate the world they live in, and where they seem to be going. One can
memorize dates of significant events throughout history, but, unless one understands the feelings
and thoughts of the people living during those times, one can't get the whole picture. Her method
of journalism is to simply go somewhere and see what she can make of it. "When I went to San
Francisco in that cold late spring of 1967 I did not even know what I wanted to find out, and so I
just stayed around a while and made a few friends"
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Dialogue Essay: The Most Dangerous Game
It had been years since Rainsford had hunted. His encounter with Zaroff had made him think
differently about hunting. Remorse flooded his body as he thought about all his past kills of game.
Rainsford found himself lost in his thoughts until Whitney's loud booming voice broke through.
"You can't continue to hold off thistrip," "and besides it'll help you get back into your hunting
groove." "You know how I feel about hunting...I can't even stomach the sport anymore." "Sport
should it be called such anymore? The words echoed through Rainsford's head for a minute."
"Come on you have to do something." "You can't just sit around here and waste your life away."
"You could at least find something else to do the world doesn't revolve around...show more content...
They both looked in amazement at how beautiful the island was.
"I'm starting to feel better about this." Said Rainsford.
As they went around they saw that not many people had showed up yet.
An hour past and by the hundreds of hunters had showed up. Even some famous one like Jean
Lound and some young guys he had never heard of. Rainsford also saw many female hunters in the
crowd on people.
A very large man with light brown hair and stone cold eyes stood on a stage and gathers everyone's
attention.
"Welcome guest, I'm happy to have you all here to enjoy the sport we all love so much." Said the
speaker. "I am Noah Garner, some of you may know me from my books on human nature and the
ones on hunting." He continued. "I've invited all of these brilliant people here to give you the
challenge of your careers and for you to gain a prize for all of your hard work."
A distant applause was heard from afar within the crowd. Many others joined in celebration while a
small group wasn't amused by the offer of a reward. Mere people that did hunting because of their
passion for it not the gain.
"I'm among my people." Whitney said to himself but loud enough for Rainsford to hear.
Rainsford nodded in
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In Slouching Towards Bethlehem, Joan Didion writes many short stories in which she describes
California in the 1960s, focusing on the subculture of a group referred to as "hippies", who were
characterizing a new way to live– in peace and harmony. John Stuart Mill argues that different
experiences in living are beneficial to society, even the Hippie Movement of the 60s, because social
experiments benefit societal progress. Didion's condemnation of this social movement is illogical.
The Hippie Movement shed light on the importance of acceptance and openness in sexual matters,
religion, race, cultural diversity and emphasized the need for every individual to "find oneself" while
focusing on achieving peace in society and opposing the government
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Joan Didion 's article Notes From A Native Daughter and Ernesto Galarza 's piece Barrio Boy both
talk a lot about how life was like in Sacramento while they were growing up. In Ernesto Galarza 's
article, he writes about living in lower Sacramento and Didion 's essay, talks about life in a different
area of Sacramento, California. Ernesto Galarza 's Sacramento is filled with a lot of Mexican and
other Latin American people living in a particular area of the city. Barrio Boy 's Sacramento took
place in around the 1910s–1920s which was the early 20th century. Joan Didion 's Sacramento was
at a later time which was 1940s–1950s and was also a time when World War II took place. Since
these stories both take place in Sacramento, California, they...show more content...
The police officers, bartenders, and other people working in different occupations were almost all
gringos. "As poor refugees, the first concern was to find a place to sleep, then to eat and find
work" (Galarza 267). Many of the Latin American immigrants who were fleeing their home
country to go live in Sacramento, California were poor and did not have a lot of money to make a
living. For them to make a living, they needed to find jobs, and that was one of their goals so they
can have a significant life in Sacramento, California.
In Joan Didion 's book titled Slouching Towards Bethlehem, it has a story inside of the book
named "Notes From A Native Daughter." This story is mostly about living in Sacramento,
California and notably on what it is like living and being born and raised in a city like
Sacramento, California. "Notes From A Native Daughter" takes place in the era of the 1950s
which is more current then Ernesto Galarza 's article, "Barrio Boy." At one point in this story,
Joan Didion mentions that "Sacramento Is California" (Didion 172). As Didion refers to
Sacramento, California in this way, she relates to the history of the city of Sacramento, California.
For example, Didion says in her text, "But it is characteristic of Californians to speak grandly of
the past as if it had simultaneously begun, tabula rasa, and reached a happy ending on the day the
wagons started west" (Didion 172).
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Slouching Towards Bethlehem Rhetorical Analysis
On page 147 of Slouching Towards Bethlehem, there is a passage that I think describes a solution
to the problem of sympathy versus empathy. The passage basically states that if we see the value
in ourselves, we will be able to discriminate, to love, and to remain indifferent toward others.
However, if we do not come to this realization, we will hate those who cannot give to us and will
only help others to improve our own image. I agree with the idea that we must come to some
realization of who we are in order to reach out and help others for the sake of the good in it. I agree
with this because if we do not understand who we are or how we fit into the world, then we will be
insecure. This will cause us to seek ways to sure ourselves up and
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Slouching Towards Bethlehem Summary
Joan Didion's book of essays titled "Slouching Towards Bethlehem" provides a great deal of
information on the author. She summarized herself in the preface of the text. She states that she is
"so physically small, so temperamentally unobtrusive, and so neurotically inarticulate" (xiv). She
also tells readers that she avoids situations where she has to talk to press agents and hates making
telephone calls. It's quite obvious that Didion considers herself shy, bland, and anxious (xiv). We
know that she grew up with a mother, father, and small brother and lived in Colorado Springs at
the age of 8 (29) and now that she is older, her family resides in the Central Valley of California
(164). She lived in other people's apartments throughout New
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Jeremy Rifkin's Essay 'Slouching Toward Chimeras'
The essay, "Slouching Toward Chimeras," by Jeremy Rifkin addresses the moral dilemma of
biological engineering between different species; including, the constant genome in these
experiments– Homo sapiens (humans). Chimerism is the genetic engineering of two different
species to create a hybrid offspring that contains the genetic code from both parents. This is an idea
that has been around since the Ancient greek, however, it has not become reality until recently. One
of the large controversies surrounding chimerism is the re–combination of the human gene with a
different species, giving that hybrid human characteristics– depending on the gene inserted, the traits
can be expressed physically of mentally. The main reason for chimeras with part
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Many essays in Joan Didion's book, Slouching Towards Bethlehem, argues about the topic of
dreams. In her essay "John Wayne: A Love Story," she admires the star of her childhood, John
Wayne. However, when Wayne becomes sick, Didion must decide if having Wayne shape her
dreams was a mistake. Didion establishes the prevalence Wayne and his on–screen persona. Didion
states that even in her small town she still saw Wayne's movies, emphasizing Wayne's reach of
influence. Didion admits to romanticizing Wayne's perfect persona. She explains this "to
demonstrate that... he determined forever the shape of... our dreams" (30). However, when Wayne
is dying of cancer, Didion and the audience are forced to reevaluate the basis of their dreams. Didion
states,
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Joan Didion Slouching
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
the hippies are very immature and uses different examples to back it up. She goes to Deadeye's
place and sees that there are several people living with him. She talks about how they are all lazy
because, as grown–ups, they do not know how to...show more content...
These girls are not at the age where they should be drinking or live "on the celebrity and power and
sex a band projects" (90). These girls are taking interest in the areas they should not even be
thinking about, but only the instant pleasure they would get. They should be focusing on getting
education to pursue their goals in their lives. It seems as if they do not care about what going to
happen to their future. An even greater example is when Didion walks into Otto's house, she sees a
5–year–old girl on acid. It is really tragic to see such a really young girl on acid, especially because
"her mother has given her both acid and peyote" (128). The mother should be encouraging her child
to live a drug–free life, but instead she exposes it to her at an early age. Imagine how the young
girl's life would turn out as she gets older. She would end up hanging out with the wrong crowd,
living a reckless life. What a way for the mother to plan their own child's future... It is clear to the
readers that the hippies are living such pathetic lives, yet they seem to enjoy it. They do have the
right to live their lives the way they want; however, they should not make choices that will ruin their
lives and lead them to failure. Instead they should try to work their way up to success. The hippies
should get their senses together and start living a proper life, such as getting education, and stopping
drug
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The Star of Bethlehem Essay
It is commonly thought the star of Bethlehem rose in the east and continued brightly as the wise men
followed the star to Bethlehem. Recent evidence has shown this is not the case. Key evidence
shown in the Bible reveals nine specific characteristics this 'star' needs for it to be the true star of
Bethlehem. Beyond these, there are questions about the star and those who witnessed the event that
need to be answered. These questions include: Who were the wise men? How did they know what
the star meant? And how can a star stop? The first three of the nine points state what the star meant
to the wise men. When the wise men asked in Matthew 2:2 "Where is the one who has been born
King of the Jews?" This question implies the star indicated...show more content...
There are clues within ancient documents and the bible leading toward the date. In the bible Herod
is alive at the time of the birth of Jesus. The most current documents place Herod's death around 4
B.C. But, in the earliest of writings by Josephus, Herod's death is placed at 1 B.C. This change
opens up two years for us to look for the star. In the bible, it states from the wise men the star was
the brightest star. Common theories say the star could have been a comet, a meteor, a nova, and
a host of others. Comets are in fact very bright, but in the ancient times comets were regarded as
omens of doom and destruction. God would not have used a negative to signify the birth of
Christ when he wanted Christ to be received in a joyous manner. The star could not have been a
meteor because they shoot across the sky and do not stop. Also, meteors do not last long in the
sky, thus failing to suffice for the nine points of the star. The latter is also same for a nova; they do
not endure over time. The fact that Herod needed to ask what the sign was and when it appeared
shows us that it needed to be a common appearance in the sky, or something not very noticeable.
When each of these criteria are factored into the equation, very interesting result come about. What
to my wondering eyes should appear? But a star named Jupiter and Regulus together! In the year 3
B.C. the regular twelve–year crossing of Jupiter and Regulus occur over the night sky. Both Jupiter
and
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In Joan Didion's essay "Slouching Towards Bethlehem", she writes her observations of the people in
the Haight–Ashbury district as she interviews people there. She demonstrates sound critical
reasoning by using the personalizing lens, distancing lens, ethos and pathos and does a decent job of
doing so.
To begin with, Didion uses personalizing lens by writing "Almost everybody I meet in San
Francisco has to go to court at some point in the middle future" (pp 89). She is saying that every
hippie she met when she was in San Francisco at the time were destined to go to court because of
what was happening at the time. During the 60s, there were anti–war protests and a lot of drug
abuse. Those who wanted to avoid being drafted to go to war were
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A Bethlehem Experience : Joseph And Mary
A Bethlehem Experience Joseph and Mary did not know they were going to be in the Bible.
Shirley and I did not expect to walk in their shoes as we anticipated the birth of our first child.
During my first year in theological training, we were able to find lodging with a senior gentleman
who lived within walking distance of the College. We had an upstairs bedroom of our own and a
respectful use of the house with due care given to our landlord's needs. While I worked on my
Master of Divinity (M.Div.), Shirley worked equally hard on her P.T.H (Putting Hubby Through)
by helping me with research and typing essay upon essay. She was as well versed in the
disciplines of theology as anyone enrolled in the formal courses. Since she was expecting our first
child and experiencing the accompanying morning sickness, she chose to stay at home assisting
in this way as long as I could support the both of us by means of summer employment at the local
Golf Course, preaching on weekends, and scholarships and bursaries. When we took up residence
with our kindly landlord, it was with his full knowledge that we were expecting an addition, and
we were fully prepared to find other accommodations once we were more familiar with the city. He
would not hear of such a thing and assured us that a baby in the house would in no way be an
unwanted invasion of his privacy or personal
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Los Angeles possesses the characteristics of great fame and fortune as well as immense
homelessness and poverty. Often times, young people are misled by the financial success of some
and assume that is typical of city people. Writers Joan Didion and Carol Muske–Dukes characterize
the realization that an adolescent's lifestyle is not suitable for the demands of a city as signaling the
dawn of the apocalypse. In the essay, "Slouching Towards Bethlehem," Didion highlights how the
failure of society is brought about by a family's inability to fulfill traditional roles and a lack of
education as exemplified during the Hippie movement. While poet Muske–Dukes utilizes gothic
language and allusion to illustrate the notion of an apocalypse in the poem "Like This".
In the essay "Slouching Towards Bethlehem", the author parallels the destruction of society to the
weakening of traditional family practices in an effort to demonstrate how apocalypse escalates in
a city. Didion begins her essay by describing notions of apocalypse in the form of "bankruptcy
notices...casual killings and misplaced children and abandoned homes" (84). While these actions
do not appear to target a specific group, in every case families receive the most set back. Families
play an essential role in preparing future generations to become working members of society. Until
the age of eighteen, a child is reliant upon their parents to supply adequate shelter, food, water, and
access to education. Traditionally, parents are responsible for guiding their children by
communicating certain values or morals to them. Didion emphasizes this aspect of childhood in her
reflection on how parents do not teach children, and will never learn the "games that had held the
society together" (84). Before a child is capable of formulating their own opinions, they look to their
parents for guidance on matters they cannot fully understand. As a child advances their education,
they become more aware of how to interpret their surroundings and will eventually cease to rely on
the others' opinions. Human behavior, parenting, and education expert Dr. Gail Gross discusses the
importance of parental figures by noting how "our interactions with our parents form the crucible for
our
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Analysis Of Didion 's ' On Self Respect
In Didion's emotional yet dominant essay, "On Self– Respect," found in Slouching Towards
Bethlehem, she defines the true meaning of value to oneself, while indicating that reactions of
weakness and humiliation, based on the approval of bystanders, inhibits true acceptance. Her work
was published in 1968 by Farrar, Straus, and Giroux to an American magazine Vogue, in a time when
many intellectual Americans believed they were standing at the dawn of the Golden Age. The
emergence of The Human Potential Movement, in the 1960s, would authorize full use of personal
capacities, leading to self–actualization and fulfillment of pleasure. In today's society, many people
find themselves unsuccessful, according to the definition created by society,...show more content...
As a result of this rejection, Didion developed the definition of self–respect that we all accept, one
placing the opinion of others above her own. This personal and vulnerable memory included in the
essay marks a point in Didion's life where she encountered an unfair situation and began to struggle
with acceptance of self–respect. Here, Didion dismisses the preconceived notion that she always
held full self–respect for herself by labeling herself inferior to the sorority. Despite Didion's current
achievements for the popular Vanity Fair magazine, this personalanecdote shows failure, allowing
Didion to appeal to ethos and pathos. She does not intend for the audience to sympathize for her
shame, but to provide a personal example of the negative impact an ordinary individual can
encounter with the incorrect definition of self–respect. Didion also displays credibility by
re–evaluating her own level of self–respect to relate with the audience as they develop this
characteristic. Didion uses inclusive pronouns such as, "we" and "our," to once again highlight that
she is relatable to the audience. This allows for construction of Didion's character by displaying
credibility by appearance of standard individual, rather than a famous author and model. Didion's use
of ethos allows her to present
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Slouching Towards Bethlehem Essays

  • 1. Observation And Living In Bethlehem: An Analysis After reading the title, I thought it might discuss the constraints citizens felt in Bethlehem on being able to fully participate in occupations and recreational activities. I assumed one of these restrictions included the time curfew implemented in the town that inhibited individuals from doing the thing they wanted to do when they wanted to do them. Lavin shares her experience working and living in Bethlehem, a town dominated by military activity. She shares the military presence impacts the town's psychological, health, and emotional well–being (Lavin, 2005, p. 40). As a result of the town curfew, Lavin is kept from participating in everyday activities, routines, and is also limited to social interaction when she is confined in the walls Get more content on HelpWriting.net
  • 2. Joan Didion's Essay 'Slouching Towards Bethlehem' Joan Didion's book of essays titled "Slouching Towards Bethlehem" provides a great deal of information on the author. She summarizes herself in the preface of the text. She states that she is "so physically small, so temperamentally unobtrusive, and so neurotically inarticulate" (xiv). She tells readers that she avoids situations where she has to talk to press agents and or make telephone calls. It is quite obvious that Didion considers herself shy, bland, and anxious (xiv). Readers know that she grew up with a mother, father, and small brother and lived in Colorado Springs at the age of eight, and now that she is older, her family resides in the Central Valley of California (29, 164). When she was younger, she lived in friends' apartments in New York, later moved to a "monastic" apartment on Seventy–fifth Street with her husband, and then to Los Angeles because of obvious dissatisfaction with their New York...show more content... They eventually had a daughter after they settled down in Los Angeles (232–238). Didion's writing shows a great deal of knowledge through her grammar usage and sentence structure. The reader can assume that she has completed high school and went to college to further her studies, perhaps somewhere in California, close to her family. Based off of her writing, I know one of Didion's strongest values is family. An example is on her daughter's first birthday and she states that she is at home, but not her house in L.A., it is actually where her family lives (164). Earlier in the book, Didion appears to be financially stable with her statement, "I live not far from 7000 Romaine, and I make a point of driving past it every now and then... A few weeks ago I lunched with an old friend at the Beverly Hills Get more content on HelpWriting.net
  • 3. The emotional impact of certain writings is changed by major events such as revolutions and wars. As seen in "Slouching towards Bethlehem" where you see the effects of the Vietnam war in the 60's movement, hippy movement, and how war changed the beliefs of the American people Because of change it leads to a conflict between generations. In nonfiction, the tone and hidden meaning shown in the story are heavily influenced by major events at that time. In Joan Didion's essay, "Slouching Towards Bethlehem," she uses descriptive imagery, structure and references to WB Yeat's poem "The Second Coming" to convey the turmoil and generational divide during the 1960's in America. Slouching Toward Bethlehem took ideas from WB Yeats Poem "The Second Coming" where both pieces of writing for inspired by the following of wars. In "the second Coming" During the summer of 1967, the area in San Francisco was a magnet for individuals looking for drugs. Joan hung out with runaways and acidheads. She met a different array of people such as, dealers to poets. One thing she did notice is that there were several children. They were as young a five years old taking acid. While at Haights she blended into the scene. The readers of the article that she is writing gave them the sense that she was putting herself at risk reporting this story. As she wrote what was happening there she was afraid that she might get sucked up into the Haight abyss and become a lost soul. While writing this story she did not interview anyone because when she tried to have a conversation with the hippies all they would say to her is "Groovy". Even when she tried to talk to the cops they would not even talk to her about what was going on. The welfare agency that helped the hippies out were called the Diggers and they did not trust her and that she was demonizing the counterculture. She did think that they were right. Even though the mainstream press was conflicted regarding the hippie phenomenon. We drink some more green tea and talk about going up to Malakoff Diggings in Nevada County because some people are starting to commune there and Max thinks it would be a groove to take acid in the diggings. He said maybe we could go next week, or the week Get more content on HelpWriting.net
  • 4. Didion's "Some Dreamers of the Golden Dream" In "Some Dreamers of the Golden Dream," the author Didion uses fiery imagery to parallel the San Bernardino Valley to hell. It is a place where the "hills blaze up spontaneously," and "every voice seems a scream." (p.3) Didions hellish descriptions of the geography reflect the culture of San Bernardino Valley. It is "where the hot wind blows and the old ways do not seem relevant, where the divorce rate is double the national average." (p.4) In this culture, the importance of the "old ways," such as a long–lasting marriage, are devalued. It is a society where the "dream [is] teaching the dreamers how to live," (p.17) and where reality doesnt hamper peoples obsessions and...show more content... Edward Foley, a man only looking to benefit himself, shows no respect or regard for the Lucille Miller tragedy. Two people are killed and one person is sent to an institution for life; yet, Edward Foley tries to utilize this opportunity to make money for himself. Another example of a depreciation of societys principles is the scene for Lucille Millers murder case trial. "College girls camped at the courthouse all night, with stores of graham crackers and No–Cal." Also, "identification disks were issued to the first forty–three spectators in line." (p.20) The trial is described not as a practice of law but as a sporting event. Just as there are hot dog vendors at a sports game, there are "stores of graham crackers and No– Cal" at the trial. Also, Didions use of the word "spectators" suggests that the people inside the courtroom are looking upon the trial like a sports game. Didion later refers to the courtroom seats as the "spectators section." (p.25) A sporting event is not taken seriously. Therefore, Didions comparison of the trial to a sports game undermines the seriousness of law and order in the San Bernardino society. She implies that a self–seeking and avaricious culture results in chaos. Lucille Miller is a prime example of an individual affected by the narcissistic culture.. Lucille, "a woman motivated by love and greed" (p.22) does whatever is necessary to get what she wants. First, she has an Get more content on HelpWriting.net
  • 5. On Going Home Joan Didion Analysis On Going Home was published in Slouching Towards Bethlehem around 1960. Joan Didion's article, On going home, is a personal narrative about Joan's outlook of what home truly is. In the article, Joan Didion describes her home and some of the events that occurred to paint a picture of how her home was and what she considered home for that; while also showing her concerns of her daughter considering the home she is creating, a good home. An element that catches the reader's eye throughout Joan Didion's article, On Going Home, is Joan Didion's tone and style; both of which clearly present her thoughts to the reader. Joan Didion's writing style for On Going Home includes her using parenthesis to show her thoughts, scattered narration, strong emotive language, and using fragmented sentences. Along with that, Joan Didion's tone during her writing was sad and frustrated and her language throughout On Going Home reflected that. The part that stands out the most with Didion's writing style is how she writes her sentences. Many of Didion's sentences follow the stream of consciousness or are more of interior monologue. An example of this is in her statement when she said, "What could that girl possibly make of, say, Long Day's Journey into Night? Who is beside the point?."(Didion 2) This sentence shows how Didion would phrase her sentences as if they were just her thoughts. Along with this, Didion also had scattered narration in her article; which makes her writing seem even more as if it is just her thoughts as she looks through her childhood home. The scattered narration in Didion's article also showed her perception of her childhood home in a way. Another technique that Didion used in her writing was to have sentence fragments. Many of the sentence fragments used in Joan's writing seemed to paint a better picture for the reader to clearly see what Didion was seeing without using action verbs which can occasionally take the reader away from imagining what the author was describing. Along with that, the sentence fragments can also make the reader feel overwhelmed which could also be how Didion was feeling as she stayed at her childhood home and tried to piece together her thoughts. Joan also used parenthesis in Get more content on HelpWriting.net
  • 6. Joan Didion "Life After" opens through the following words: "Life changes fast. / Life changes in the instant. / You sit...to dinner and life [concludes]. The [pity question]" (Didion). Joan Didion composes such lines not long following how her husband has died, a fellow writing composer named John Gregory Dunne. At a future time, the woman contemplates whether to throw in "the ordinary instant," yet scraps the idea, making a claim on how such associated words might be superfluous (Didion). The woman meditates upon the ways wherein feelings on what's normal precede day–to–day–living–journey–altering tragic events. For instance, the woman cites reports on the calm existent leading up to Pearl Harbor and the World Trade Center attacks. The woman recalls...show more content... Though the woman references how Pearl Harbor and the World Trade Center got attacked, the woman does not draw direct comparisons betwixt such tragedies and her own, and/or make suggestions on how her feelings on grieving are equal to the anguishing able to overwhelm which followed such attacks. Instead, the woman uses such examples for describing universal responses to tragedies. In the aftermath on unexpected tragic events, survivors try to find ignored/neglected cautionary signs for understanding what's happened. Didion isn't differentiated in any sense; she's found it startling how nothing was around to suggest how she might lose someone with whom she was in a four–decade–long partnership and relationship. When they made their return following paying Quintana a visit upon the December 30 evening, Didion joins her husband in dinnertime preparations. After fetching one alcoholic beverage for John, the woman realizes how he's stopped with dialog while finding out he's slumping in the chairing occupied by him. She thinks he is trying to play it up for drama and kicks yet the woman calls ambulances to Get more content on HelpWriting.net
  • 7. Slouching Towards Bethlehem by Joan Didion is not what one would call a "feel–good" read. It is for all those people who have lost their sense of place or sense of time or sense of self. Didion opens the book with an epigraph, a W. B. Yeats poem stating, "Things fall apart; the center cannot hold." The narratives are so poetic, they seem to be myths, stories conjured from the potential lack of excitement in 1960s California. But, alas, the reports are true. It is because, in the news, one does not hear about the feelings of those a part of the life, the up–close and personal truths that seem absurd but identify almost anyone. Didion hits on universal truths by admitting extremely personal ones. The meaning is blatantly there throughout the essays, but, because it is all so raw, it seemed impossible to properly describe the feelings in words....show more content... Her portraits of people illustrate the world they live in, and where they seem to be going. One can memorize dates of significant events throughout history, but, unless one understands the feelings and thoughts of the people living during those times, one can't get the whole picture. Her method of journalism is to simply go somewhere and see what she can make of it. "When I went to San Francisco in that cold late spring of 1967 I did not even know what I wanted to find out, and so I just stayed around a while and made a few friends" Get more content on HelpWriting.net
  • 8. Dialogue Essay: The Most Dangerous Game It had been years since Rainsford had hunted. His encounter with Zaroff had made him think differently about hunting. Remorse flooded his body as he thought about all his past kills of game. Rainsford found himself lost in his thoughts until Whitney's loud booming voice broke through. "You can't continue to hold off thistrip," "and besides it'll help you get back into your hunting groove." "You know how I feel about hunting...I can't even stomach the sport anymore." "Sport should it be called such anymore? The words echoed through Rainsford's head for a minute." "Come on you have to do something." "You can't just sit around here and waste your life away." "You could at least find something else to do the world doesn't revolve around...show more content... They both looked in amazement at how beautiful the island was. "I'm starting to feel better about this." Said Rainsford. As they went around they saw that not many people had showed up yet. An hour past and by the hundreds of hunters had showed up. Even some famous one like Jean Lound and some young guys he had never heard of. Rainsford also saw many female hunters in the crowd on people. A very large man with light brown hair and stone cold eyes stood on a stage and gathers everyone's attention. "Welcome guest, I'm happy to have you all here to enjoy the sport we all love so much." Said the speaker. "I am Noah Garner, some of you may know me from my books on human nature and the ones on hunting." He continued. "I've invited all of these brilliant people here to give you the challenge of your careers and for you to gain a prize for all of your hard work." A distant applause was heard from afar within the crowd. Many others joined in celebration while a small group wasn't amused by the offer of a reward. Mere people that did hunting because of their passion for it not the gain. "I'm among my people." Whitney said to himself but loud enough for Rainsford to hear. Rainsford nodded in Get more content on HelpWriting.net
  • 9. In Slouching Towards Bethlehem, Joan Didion writes many short stories in which she describes California in the 1960s, focusing on the subculture of a group referred to as "hippies", who were characterizing a new way to live– in peace and harmony. John Stuart Mill argues that different experiences in living are beneficial to society, even the Hippie Movement of the 60s, because social experiments benefit societal progress. Didion's condemnation of this social movement is illogical. The Hippie Movement shed light on the importance of acceptance and openness in sexual matters, religion, race, cultural diversity and emphasized the need for every individual to "find oneself" while focusing on achieving peace in society and opposing the government Get more content on HelpWriting.net
  • 10. Joan Didion 's article Notes From A Native Daughter and Ernesto Galarza 's piece Barrio Boy both talk a lot about how life was like in Sacramento while they were growing up. In Ernesto Galarza 's article, he writes about living in lower Sacramento and Didion 's essay, talks about life in a different area of Sacramento, California. Ernesto Galarza 's Sacramento is filled with a lot of Mexican and other Latin American people living in a particular area of the city. Barrio Boy 's Sacramento took place in around the 1910s–1920s which was the early 20th century. Joan Didion 's Sacramento was at a later time which was 1940s–1950s and was also a time when World War II took place. Since these stories both take place in Sacramento, California, they...show more content... The police officers, bartenders, and other people working in different occupations were almost all gringos. "As poor refugees, the first concern was to find a place to sleep, then to eat and find work" (Galarza 267). Many of the Latin American immigrants who were fleeing their home country to go live in Sacramento, California were poor and did not have a lot of money to make a living. For them to make a living, they needed to find jobs, and that was one of their goals so they can have a significant life in Sacramento, California. In Joan Didion 's book titled Slouching Towards Bethlehem, it has a story inside of the book named "Notes From A Native Daughter." This story is mostly about living in Sacramento, California and notably on what it is like living and being born and raised in a city like Sacramento, California. "Notes From A Native Daughter" takes place in the era of the 1950s which is more current then Ernesto Galarza 's article, "Barrio Boy." At one point in this story, Joan Didion mentions that "Sacramento Is California" (Didion 172). As Didion refers to Sacramento, California in this way, she relates to the history of the city of Sacramento, California. For example, Didion says in her text, "But it is characteristic of Californians to speak grandly of the past as if it had simultaneously begun, tabula rasa, and reached a happy ending on the day the wagons started west" (Didion 172). Get more content on HelpWriting.net
  • 11. Slouching Towards Bethlehem Rhetorical Analysis On page 147 of Slouching Towards Bethlehem, there is a passage that I think describes a solution to the problem of sympathy versus empathy. The passage basically states that if we see the value in ourselves, we will be able to discriminate, to love, and to remain indifferent toward others. However, if we do not come to this realization, we will hate those who cannot give to us and will only help others to improve our own image. I agree with the idea that we must come to some realization of who we are in order to reach out and help others for the sake of the good in it. I agree with this because if we do not understand who we are or how we fit into the world, then we will be insecure. This will cause us to seek ways to sure ourselves up and Get more content on HelpWriting.net
  • 12. Slouching Towards Bethlehem Summary Joan Didion's book of essays titled "Slouching Towards Bethlehem" provides a great deal of information on the author. She summarized herself in the preface of the text. She states that she is "so physically small, so temperamentally unobtrusive, and so neurotically inarticulate" (xiv). She also tells readers that she avoids situations where she has to talk to press agents and hates making telephone calls. It's quite obvious that Didion considers herself shy, bland, and anxious (xiv). We know that she grew up with a mother, father, and small brother and lived in Colorado Springs at the age of 8 (29) and now that she is older, her family resides in the Central Valley of California (164). She lived in other people's apartments throughout New Get more content on HelpWriting.net
  • 13. Jeremy Rifkin's Essay 'Slouching Toward Chimeras' The essay, "Slouching Toward Chimeras," by Jeremy Rifkin addresses the moral dilemma of biological engineering between different species; including, the constant genome in these experiments– Homo sapiens (humans). Chimerism is the genetic engineering of two different species to create a hybrid offspring that contains the genetic code from both parents. This is an idea that has been around since the Ancient greek, however, it has not become reality until recently. One of the large controversies surrounding chimerism is the re–combination of the human gene with a different species, giving that hybrid human characteristics– depending on the gene inserted, the traits can be expressed physically of mentally. The main reason for chimeras with part Get more content on HelpWriting.net
  • 14. Many essays in Joan Didion's book, Slouching Towards Bethlehem, argues about the topic of dreams. In her essay "John Wayne: A Love Story," she admires the star of her childhood, John Wayne. However, when Wayne becomes sick, Didion must decide if having Wayne shape her dreams was a mistake. Didion establishes the prevalence Wayne and his on–screen persona. Didion states that even in her small town she still saw Wayne's movies, emphasizing Wayne's reach of influence. Didion admits to romanticizing Wayne's perfect persona. She explains this "to demonstrate that... he determined forever the shape of... our dreams" (30). However, when Wayne is dying of cancer, Didion and the audience are forced to reevaluate the basis of their dreams. Didion states, Get more content on HelpWriting.net
  • 15. Joan Didion Slouching 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 the hippies are very immature and uses different examples to back it up. She goes to Deadeye's place and sees that there are several people living with him. She talks about how they are all lazy because, as grown–ups, they do not know how to...show more content... These girls are not at the age where they should be drinking or live "on the celebrity and power and sex a band projects" (90). These girls are taking interest in the areas they should not even be thinking about, but only the instant pleasure they would get. They should be focusing on getting education to pursue their goals in their lives. It seems as if they do not care about what going to happen to their future. An even greater example is when Didion walks into Otto's house, she sees a 5–year–old girl on acid. It is really tragic to see such a really young girl on acid, especially because "her mother has given her both acid and peyote" (128). The mother should be encouraging her child to live a drug–free life, but instead she exposes it to her at an early age. Imagine how the young girl's life would turn out as she gets older. She would end up hanging out with the wrong crowd, living a reckless life. What a way for the mother to plan their own child's future... It is clear to the readers that the hippies are living such pathetic lives, yet they seem to enjoy it. They do have the right to live their lives the way they want; however, they should not make choices that will ruin their lives and lead them to failure. Instead they should try to work their way up to success. The hippies should get their senses together and start living a proper life, such as getting education, and stopping drug Get more content on HelpWriting.net
  • 16. The Star of Bethlehem Essay It is commonly thought the star of Bethlehem rose in the east and continued brightly as the wise men followed the star to Bethlehem. Recent evidence has shown this is not the case. Key evidence shown in the Bible reveals nine specific characteristics this 'star' needs for it to be the true star of Bethlehem. Beyond these, there are questions about the star and those who witnessed the event that need to be answered. These questions include: Who were the wise men? How did they know what the star meant? And how can a star stop? The first three of the nine points state what the star meant to the wise men. When the wise men asked in Matthew 2:2 "Where is the one who has been born King of the Jews?" This question implies the star indicated...show more content... There are clues within ancient documents and the bible leading toward the date. In the bible Herod is alive at the time of the birth of Jesus. The most current documents place Herod's death around 4 B.C. But, in the earliest of writings by Josephus, Herod's death is placed at 1 B.C. This change opens up two years for us to look for the star. In the bible, it states from the wise men the star was the brightest star. Common theories say the star could have been a comet, a meteor, a nova, and a host of others. Comets are in fact very bright, but in the ancient times comets were regarded as omens of doom and destruction. God would not have used a negative to signify the birth of Christ when he wanted Christ to be received in a joyous manner. The star could not have been a meteor because they shoot across the sky and do not stop. Also, meteors do not last long in the sky, thus failing to suffice for the nine points of the star. The latter is also same for a nova; they do not endure over time. The fact that Herod needed to ask what the sign was and when it appeared shows us that it needed to be a common appearance in the sky, or something not very noticeable. When each of these criteria are factored into the equation, very interesting result come about. What to my wondering eyes should appear? But a star named Jupiter and Regulus together! In the year 3 B.C. the regular twelve–year crossing of Jupiter and Regulus occur over the night sky. Both Jupiter and Get more content on HelpWriting.net
  • 17. In Joan Didion's essay "Slouching Towards Bethlehem", she writes her observations of the people in the Haight–Ashbury district as she interviews people there. She demonstrates sound critical reasoning by using the personalizing lens, distancing lens, ethos and pathos and does a decent job of doing so. To begin with, Didion uses personalizing lens by writing "Almost everybody I meet in San Francisco has to go to court at some point in the middle future" (pp 89). She is saying that every hippie she met when she was in San Francisco at the time were destined to go to court because of what was happening at the time. During the 60s, there were anti–war protests and a lot of drug abuse. Those who wanted to avoid being drafted to go to war were Get more content on HelpWriting.net
  • 18. A Bethlehem Experience : Joseph And Mary A Bethlehem Experience Joseph and Mary did not know they were going to be in the Bible. Shirley and I did not expect to walk in their shoes as we anticipated the birth of our first child. During my first year in theological training, we were able to find lodging with a senior gentleman who lived within walking distance of the College. We had an upstairs bedroom of our own and a respectful use of the house with due care given to our landlord's needs. While I worked on my Master of Divinity (M.Div.), Shirley worked equally hard on her P.T.H (Putting Hubby Through) by helping me with research and typing essay upon essay. She was as well versed in the disciplines of theology as anyone enrolled in the formal courses. Since she was expecting our first child and experiencing the accompanying morning sickness, she chose to stay at home assisting in this way as long as I could support the both of us by means of summer employment at the local Golf Course, preaching on weekends, and scholarships and bursaries. When we took up residence with our kindly landlord, it was with his full knowledge that we were expecting an addition, and we were fully prepared to find other accommodations once we were more familiar with the city. He would not hear of such a thing and assured us that a baby in the house would in no way be an unwanted invasion of his privacy or personal Get more content on HelpWriting.net
  • 19. Los Angeles possesses the characteristics of great fame and fortune as well as immense homelessness and poverty. Often times, young people are misled by the financial success of some and assume that is typical of city people. Writers Joan Didion and Carol Muske–Dukes characterize the realization that an adolescent's lifestyle is not suitable for the demands of a city as signaling the dawn of the apocalypse. In the essay, "Slouching Towards Bethlehem," Didion highlights how the failure of society is brought about by a family's inability to fulfill traditional roles and a lack of education as exemplified during the Hippie movement. While poet Muske–Dukes utilizes gothic language and allusion to illustrate the notion of an apocalypse in the poem "Like This". In the essay "Slouching Towards Bethlehem", the author parallels the destruction of society to the weakening of traditional family practices in an effort to demonstrate how apocalypse escalates in a city. Didion begins her essay by describing notions of apocalypse in the form of "bankruptcy notices...casual killings and misplaced children and abandoned homes" (84). While these actions do not appear to target a specific group, in every case families receive the most set back. Families play an essential role in preparing future generations to become working members of society. Until the age of eighteen, a child is reliant upon their parents to supply adequate shelter, food, water, and access to education. Traditionally, parents are responsible for guiding their children by communicating certain values or morals to them. Didion emphasizes this aspect of childhood in her reflection on how parents do not teach children, and will never learn the "games that had held the society together" (84). Before a child is capable of formulating their own opinions, they look to their parents for guidance on matters they cannot fully understand. As a child advances their education, they become more aware of how to interpret their surroundings and will eventually cease to rely on the others' opinions. Human behavior, parenting, and education expert Dr. Gail Gross discusses the importance of parental figures by noting how "our interactions with our parents form the crucible for our Get more content on HelpWriting.net
  • 20. Analysis Of Didion 's ' On Self Respect In Didion's emotional yet dominant essay, "On Self– Respect," found in Slouching Towards Bethlehem, she defines the true meaning of value to oneself, while indicating that reactions of weakness and humiliation, based on the approval of bystanders, inhibits true acceptance. Her work was published in 1968 by Farrar, Straus, and Giroux to an American magazine Vogue, in a time when many intellectual Americans believed they were standing at the dawn of the Golden Age. The emergence of The Human Potential Movement, in the 1960s, would authorize full use of personal capacities, leading to self–actualization and fulfillment of pleasure. In today's society, many people find themselves unsuccessful, according to the definition created by society,...show more content... As a result of this rejection, Didion developed the definition of self–respect that we all accept, one placing the opinion of others above her own. This personal and vulnerable memory included in the essay marks a point in Didion's life where she encountered an unfair situation and began to struggle with acceptance of self–respect. Here, Didion dismisses the preconceived notion that she always held full self–respect for herself by labeling herself inferior to the sorority. Despite Didion's current achievements for the popular Vanity Fair magazine, this personalanecdote shows failure, allowing Didion to appeal to ethos and pathos. She does not intend for the audience to sympathize for her shame, but to provide a personal example of the negative impact an ordinary individual can encounter with the incorrect definition of self–respect. Didion also displays credibility by re–evaluating her own level of self–respect to relate with the audience as they develop this characteristic. Didion uses inclusive pronouns such as, "we" and "our," to once again highlight that she is relatable to the audience. This allows for construction of Didion's character by displaying credibility by appearance of standard individual, rather than a famous author and model. Didion's use of ethos allows her to present Get more content on HelpWriting.net