In the passage “The Santa Ana,” Joan Didion expressed the strangeness of Los Angeles during the supernatural breeze. Los Angeles’s uneasy tensions during these winds has had an effect on the author’s approach to describing the occurrence. Didion used a vast asset of literary techniques within this excerpt — such as her use of tone, imagery, and syntax.
Initially, Didion begins to loosely develop a description of the mutual feel during that particular night. The hot winds would advance among the Los Angeles, causing extraordinary activity. She claims that locals understand this intangible, yet present sense. Oddly enough, Didion seems to convey the abnormality of human behavior: “The baby frets. The maid sulks.”
Furthermore, she recalls a folklore
Initially, Didion begins to loosely develop a description of the mutual feel during that particular night. The hot winds would advance among the Los Angeles, causing extraordinary activity. She claims that locals understand this intangible, yet present sense. Oddly enough, Didion seems to convey the abnormality of human behavior: “The baby frets. The maid sulks.”
Furthermore, she recalls a folklore