22. On Self-Respect

           This article discusses the topic of self respect and its actual definition. Joan Didion starts off by narrating a particular event that happened to her. She describes loosing something after an academic denial. For her self respect is thought by grandparents, yet it is not what she views as self respect. To have self respect is the possibility to love, yet at the same time to discriminate. Self respect has a combination of self discipline witch according to Didion, “It is a kind of ritual, helping us to remember who and what we are. In order to remember it, one must have known it.”

           Altho long and wordy, Joan Didion writs deep sentences. Her train of thoughts can get somewhat cloudy in some sections yet she fills her article with examples from small stories or events. By starting off with her own personal account, it was somewhat of an attention-getter. Overall Didion's ideas were good, well explained, and well developed throughout the text.

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