The essay, “Los Angeles Notebook”, written by Joan Didion, is about the Santa Ana winds and its affects on people. She views the winds as scientific and horrific. This is noticed by the development of the paragraphs. The paragraphs go from a deep dark tone to a more reasoning, scientific tone. Paragraph 1 she introduces the Santa Ana wind and its dark qualities.. Paragraph 2 shows the wind’s affects on the people in the area and its horrific qualities. Lastly, paragraph three states why the wind causes the affects on the people on Santa Ana in a scientific matter.
In the essay, the author provides great imagery for her horrific view. For example, lines 3-8 state “…tonight a Santa Ana will begin to blow, a ho
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