The Donner-Reed Party Summary

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Didion wants her audience to understand that morality is not such a simply concept and that it might have already driven our society to be "fashionable madmen". By using a diction that id filled with very specific and elaborate words, Didion is able to show the complexity and thought that is required to process such information because the reader can then better comprehend the topic and follow Didion's idea easier. By using graphic events like "The Donner-reed Party" or the "Mountain Meadows Massacre, Didion shows that morality is not a simple rule that can be stated and abided by and is different than what many preconceptions may hold, which makes the reader more flexible to the thought of agreeing with Didion and abandoning there previous

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