Essay by Joan Didion "Los Angeles Notebook"Santa Ana winds push people to act more violently or undisciplined and make others irritable and unhappy to a large extent. Joan Didion explains to the reader how Santa Ana influences human behavior in her essay "Los Angeles Notebook". Through the use of imagery, diction, and selection of details, Didion expresses her vision of the Santa Ana winds. Didion paints uneasy and dark images when describing the Santa Ana winds. “There is something eerie in the air of Los Angeles… a certain unnatural stillness, a certain tension,” the essay begins with the image of the people of Los Angeles in a sense of stillness or tension. He further adds, “Blowing dust storms along Route 66… we will see smoke in the canyons and hear sirens in the night,” propagating the restless, gritty image of Los Angeles. “The child worries. The maid is sulking,” she adds, giving a depressing insight into the effects of the Santa Ana winds on people. Didion, in an attempt to show the madness associated with the Santa Ana winds, highlights the Indians who throw themselves into the sea when the bad winds come In any case, Didion attempts to show the negative effects of the Santa Ana winds through images of stillness, discomfort and sobriety. In her tone, Didion remains clear, coherent and vivid. Her choice of words remains simple, as for do not alienate the readers of his essay. His tone for the first half of the opening, mainly the first and second ...