Read this excerpt from "goodbye to all that" by joan didion. in fact, it was difficult in the extreme for me to understand those young women for whom new york was not simply an ephemeral estoril but a real place, girls who bought toasters and installed new cabinets in their apartments and committed themselves to some reasonable future. which statement best explains the impact that the allusion to estoril has on the meaning of the text? it establish that, since moving to new york city, didion had been exposed to the kinds of cultural experiences and worldly individuals that she never could have encountered where she grew up. it convey how jarring it was for didion to realize that life in new york city, which she had long imagined as a romantic and exotic place, could be rather ordinary and mundane. it suggest the way in which didion came to understand new york city as a place where the impossible was possible and the fantastical could become reality. it indicate that didion understands, soon after arriving in new york city, that she will never again be able to live in a place where life feels humdrum and predictable.

It helps convey how jarring it was for Didion to realize that life in New York City, which she had long imagined as a romantic and exotic place, could be rather ordinary and mundane.

In this excerpt, Joan Didion conveys her experiences moving to New York. Before she went there, she had imagined that the city was a place of dreams, and that it held something exotic and special. She failed to realize that for many people who live there, New York is simply another city where they live common lives. She mentions buying a toaster and installing cabinets as examples of common things average people do, and which are not exciting or dreamlike.

d.) then bernice winced as marjorie tossed her own hair over her shoulders and began to twist it slowly into two long blond braids until in her cream-colored negligée she looked like a delicate painting of some saxon princess. fascinated, bernice watched the braids grow. heavy and luxurious they were, moving under the supple fingers like restive snakes—and to bernice remained this relic and the curling iron and a to-morrow full of eyes.

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administration noun

the government of a country

affairs

events and activities relating to the government, politics, economy, etc. of a country, region, or the world

the corridors (of power)

the places where people use their political influence and major political decisions are made

government

the process, method, or effects of governing

play politics

to use politics for your own reasons, without caring about the effects on other people

political

relating to politics

political

interested or involved in politics

politically

in a political way

politicize

to bring an issue, organization, way of doing something, etc. to the attention of the public so that it can be discussed

politicize

to make someone more interested and involved in politics

politicking

political activity by someone who is only interested in doing things for their own advantage, not in other people

politics

the ideas and activities involved in getting power in a country or over a particular area of the world

politics

the profession of being a politician

politics

the ideas and activities used by people within a particular group to try to get power

public affairs

political issues that affect most people

public life

work that involves being known to a lot of people, especially in politics, but also in religion and education

public office

a job in the government that you have because you were chosen or elected

public service

work or important positions in the government, or in organizations controlled by the government

representation

in politics, the job of officially people and making decisions for them

sociopolitical

involving a combination of social and political matters

state

the government of a country