Mens Sunglasses Book Review The White Album, Joan

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Creative Nonfiction and Poetry
Joan Didion
Didion goes on to describe her life and home and family, interwoven with the lives of The Doors and Paul Ferguson, and other characters of the sixties. As the essay progresses, though, the personal feel diminishes slightly and Didion leaves the reader with an amalgam of Sixties experiences to digest alone.
In The White Album, Joan Didion occasionally exposes herself to make a point about the mood of the sixties. These are personal moments, often striking ones, which have the effect of pulling the reader in, quite closely,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], almost as though she is embracing you. Then,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], quite suddenly, she lets you go.
Didion Gives a Touch of Personal Information
In the title essay, Didion explains how she appeared to be a competent member of society, but she was actually admitted to a psychiatric hospital just before being named “Woman of the Year” by the Los Angeles Times. This information,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], delivered almost confidentially, incites curiosity and empathy in the reader.
Didion Creates Distance, Not Meaning
Didion Disappears From the Picture
Didion may be creating distance from the reader to give a sense of the isolation she herself feels. She does not explain what she thinks about the strange incidents that unfold around her, nor does she explain what exactly happens to her. The essay, “The White Album,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych],” ends with a reflection on writing. She writes that murderer Paul Ferguson claimed writing had helped him “reflect on experience and see what it means.” The essay ends with her own revelation: “writing has not yet helped me to see what it means” (4 Cool

. Her statement, haunting and straightforward, leaves the reader without any answers.

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