Some people in life make the best out of every bad situation they are in while others do not. In “The Santa Ana,” by Joan Didion, and “Brush Fire,” by Linda Thomas, both writers discuss their feelings towards the Santa Ana winds. Both Didion and Thomas are from Southern California where they are both well aware of the Santa Ana winds. The Santa Ana winds are dry winds that blow from northern to southern California. These winds are a major topic as there is controversy over if they are a good or bad thing. Both writers, Didion and Thomas, have similar and different perspectives towards the Santa Ana winds. The two perspectives relate in the way that both writers use imagery. Imagery is the use of particular words that create a visual representation
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Although Didion and Thomas are talking about the same topic, they both have different perspectives that are opposite from one another. Didion wrote about the negativity and only the negativity behind the Santa Ana winds. “Los Angeles weather is the weather of catastrophe, of apocalypse, and, just as the reliably long and bitter winters of New England… (The Santa Ana, paragraph 7).” Didion’s purpose in writing her story is to inform the dangers of the winds and the cons of it. Her message was that the Santa Ana was not a good thing. Thomas had a different perspective towards the Santa Ana winds, she wanted to inform the readers that the Santa winds are not all that bad. “ On days like this when the sky is dark with smoke, not only can I smell the odors of burning sage brush… but I can also drive to the intersection of a local thoroughfare and watch the flames lick up the hill side (Brush Fire, Paragraph 8).” Thomas’s message in the story was that there is in beauty in the Santa Ana winds and it is not all that bad. The authors two different points of view creates two different tones. Didion’s tone was serious, and dark while Thomas’s tone was informative, calm, and respectful. Overall, because of their different perspectives it gave the reader a different feeling while reading their
Although Didion and Thomas are talking about the same topic, they both have different perspectives that are opposite from one another. Didion wrote about the negativity and only the negativity behind the Santa Ana winds. “Los Angeles weather is the weather of catastrophe, of apocalypse, and, just as the reliably long and bitter winters of New England… (The Santa Ana, paragraph 7).” Didion’s purpose in writing her story is to inform the dangers of the winds and the cons of it. Her message was that the Santa Ana was not a good thing. Thomas had a different perspective towards the Santa Ana winds, she wanted to inform the readers that the Santa winds are not all that bad. “ On days like this when the sky is dark with smoke, not only can I smell the odors of burning sage brush… but I can also drive to the intersection of a local thoroughfare and watch the flames lick up the hill side (Brush Fire, Paragraph 8).” Thomas’s message in the story was that there is in beauty in the Santa Ana winds and it is not all that bad. The authors two different points of view creates two different tones. Didion’s tone was serious, and dark while Thomas’s tone was informative, calm, and respectful. Overall, because of their different perspectives it gave the reader a different feeling while reading their