1. Consider the four sentences in italics that begin chapter one. What did you think when you read them for the first time? What do you think now? When I first read those first sentences about how life changes so fast; my first thought was those statements are so true. Life changes so fast that before you know it you are somewhere you never expected to be. You get so use to going through the motions that you forget how delicate life is until you get a reminder.
2. In particular, address "The question of self-pity." Does Didion pity herself? In what ways
does she indulge that impulse, and in what ways does she deny it? She allows her self to dwell on the loss of her husband instead of moving on. She thinks if she doesn't do things like throw out his shoes he still will be around. She denies this by dealing with husband death by not falling apart.
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