Question

Refer to Explorations in Literature for a complete version of the narrative. Read this excerpt from "Goodbye to All That" by Joan Didion. Part of what I want to tell you is what it is like to be young in New York, how six months can become eight years with the deceptive ease of a film dissolve, for that is how those years appear to me now, in a long sequence of sentimental dissolves and old-fashioned trick shots—the Seagram Building fountains dissolve into snowflakes, I enter a revolving door at twenty and come out a good deal older, and on a different street. How does Joan Didion's extended metaphor of comparing her time in New York to a movie affect the mood of this excerpt? It creates an exuberant mood as Didion suggests that her life in New York was as exciting as the life of a character in a movie. It creates a regretful mood as Didion indicates that the mistakes she made in New York were like those made by tragic film heroines. It creates a dreamy mood as Didion conveys to readers how, on looking back at her time in New York, her experiences blur together. It creates an emotional mood as Didion highlights times of great joy and times of deep depression she experienced in New York.

Answer 1

C. It creates a dreamy mood as Didion conveys to readers how, on looking back at her time in New York, her experiences blue together.

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Answer 2

C. It creates a dreamy mood as Didion conveys to readers how, on looking back at her time in New York, her experiences blur together.

The reason a dreamy mood is created is because of the ethereal qualities film fading and dissolves lend to motion pictures in much the same manner as one might dream. If you’ve ever heard someone speaking about a dream, you might have heard them say something like, “At first, I was in one location as a young version of myself, but then moments later I was an older version of myself in a different location after everything went black—everything seemed to fade and morph into different things.” Things kind of blur together to form one dream. Didion achieves her desired influence for a dreamy mood with her use of a movie as an extended metaphor.