When introducing the essay “Some Dreamers of the Golden Dream”, Joan Didion describes the story of Lucille Miller, a main character in search for a dangerous illusion known as the American Dream. Didion’s essay might be viewed as a commentary on the social issue of Hollywood manufacturing the American Dream. Throughout the introduction, she sets the tone and describes the background to support her argument. Within the first paragraph itself, the time the story takes place, October, is told to be the season of “suicide and divorce” (3). In addition, when Didion vividly describes the location and captures imagery, she states that the location of Banyard is close to Hollywood. Going along with this idea, Banyard was a small town that Lucille wanted
