Idgy Nelson Snavely AP English P3 12 February 2024 Joan Didion’s Contribution to Journalism With the second wave of feminism on the rise in the sixties, journalism played a major part in society. Joan Didion was at the center of this social movement while living in Los Angeles, California, at this time. Didion was a journalist, essayist, and fiction author who mainly reported on social injustice in America in the sixties. Her writing was monumental in the way journalism was seen and operated. Joan Didion’s direct tone, relatable topics, and insight into both positive and negative aspects of society creates a unique style seen in her writing. The shrewd tone seen in Joan Dididon’s essays such as “On Morality” creates a desire within her readers …show more content…
She also mentions the political aspects of many areas around the United States. These anecdotes showcase how politics are closely intertwined with the region. Part of why the essay “On the Road” creates a significant impact on her audience is the relatability or lack thereof. Didion writes about all aspects of traveling on a press tour, including flying first class, room service, limo drivers, and bedside breakfasts. While this essay is seen as extremely relatable to a small number of upper-class people, many others find her life to be far off from reality. In “On the Road” Didion confesses, “I stopped reading newspapers and started relying on bulletins from limo drivers, from Mouseketeers, from the callers-in on call-in shows and from the closed-circuit screens in airports that flashed random stories off the wire between advertisements for Shenandoah.”(Didion, On the Road). For those who do not find her lifestyle relatable, they find joy in the stories she tells about her exciting lifestyle. The extravagant stories she recounts serve as the American dream for those who cannot live it …show more content…
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