The Importance of HomeĪs a multi-generational Californian, Didion pays keen attention to the history and present tense in her home state. Be it the drunken brides in Las Vegas in "Marrying Absurd" or Susan, a four year old who taks the LSD provided by her mother in " Slouching Towards Bethlehem," a sense of dread and destruction pervades throughout the collection. Yeats' poem " The Second Coming," she writes, "the center cannot hold." It is with that notion that Didion studies, and details her subjects. While many considered the 1960s as a idealistic period of "free love" and expression, Didion takes a staunchly different view. Written by people who wish to remain anonymousīe it the murders committed by Lucille Miller, or the Hippies neglecting their children to drop acid, it is evident that Didion views chaos and moral decline around her. We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own. These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community.
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