... . In addition, the method in which the authors sequence their narratives helps to define their differences. For example, in the last paragraphs of "Marrying Absurd," Didion includes three written wedding "snapshots." She describes a drunken showgirl bride in the "orange minidress" and her "expendable nephew" bridegroom; "actual wedding parties waiting under the harsh lights" and the wedding group in the restaurant where ... ...

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... , wether the viewer chooses to look or not. In the film motifs such as roses discover a new symbolic purpose, lighting opens a new realm of understanding and photographs are no longer snapshots of times once lived, but windows into the inner workings of family dysfunction. American Beauty captures its viewer in a world of symbolism and representation, which enhance not only the understanding ... ...

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