Joan Didion describes the importance of water in a very different and unique way. Just by reading the title “Holy Water” the reader might believe that the essay is about religion since holy water is water blessed by religious figures. But Joan´s fascination is in reality with how the water system works, since she works and uses her knowledge in the water system in California to describe how the water is delivered and how important it is. She describes how water travels from place to place and that people don´t have control of how much they can get. To have water service at home is very complex and it takes a lot of machinery and work. This is why water is very valuable because: "Water is important to people who do not have it, and the same
