A superficial reading of this memoir concludes that the work is beautifully, emotionally, and honestly written; even so, Didion's hollow tone in the memoir and the ornate and subdued dictions make the work looks rather like a reference book about grief rather than a memoir. ... Didion's ornate diction in The Year of Magical Thinking does not evoke the reader's empathy. ... As a final point, Didion strives to explain and understand grief as a thing and not an emotion, it shows in her style and diction in writing The Year of Magical Thinking. ...

• Word Count: 912
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

For most people, death is something to be afraid of. The mystery and uncertainty of what happens after our final breath is something that most people ponder off and on throughout their lives. In her poem, "Because I could not stop for Death"," Emily Dickinson used an extended metaphor of death to de...

• Word Count: 502
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In this essay, I will examine and critically analyze how Lopez demonstrates the need for the rejection of physician-assisted suicide by her use in diction, facts and statistics, and her overall use of rhetorical strategies to form a persuasive argument about rejecting physician-assisted suicide. ...

• Word Count: 1813
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate