In Didion's essay, "Los Angeles Notebook," she characterizes the Santa Ana winds as motivation for evil. Didion expresses this view through her imagery and diction. Didion also justifies her characterization through the structure and tone of her essay. She attributes the acts of individuals all over the world on the effects of wind. She claims that certain winds trigger a mechanistic switch that causes humans to act irrationally. Didion connects a natural phenomenon with the …showed first 75 words of 456 total…

…showed last 75 words of 456 total…evil force. It is sometimes hard to tell between science and old wife?s tales. If attempting to prove something, a view of data can be biased. The interpretation of the information can favor the wanted side, or information can ignore that disproves a theory. It?s hard to say if Didion?s view of the wind is fact or fiction. One thing that cannot be disputed is that she believes that it is evil.