For Didion, Babylon is New York. The author splits her essay into four parts, each a different stage of her relationship with the city. The first is pre-New York, then when she became infatuated with New York, how she began to hate it, and finally, post-New York. These stages of her life occur within the span of about eight years. Didion begins her essay with a thought on how clear and vague beginnings and endings are, respectively. She practices this in the essay with her dubious
For Didion, Babylon is New York. The author splits her essay into four parts, each a different stage of her relationship with the city. The first is pre-New York, then when she became infatuated with New York, how she began to hate it, and finally, post-New York. These stages of her life occur within the span of about eight years. Didion begins her essay with a thought on how clear and vague beginnings and endings are, respectively. She practices this in the essay with her dubious