"On Keeping a Notebook"

                           

1.                  The story “on Keeping a Notebook”, to me, has a persuasive style of writing. Persuasive in the sense that it encourages its reader to consider writing that his or her thoughts, as the writer thoroughly described how she became a writer by just simply writing down his thoughts which began with his first notebook (five tablet), given to her by her mother.  He said “I have no idea what turn a five-year Old’s mind could have prompted so insistently “ironic” and exotic a story, but it does reveal a certain predilection for the extreme which has dogged me into adult life”. This particular passage, impressed me the most because she utilized a gift that was given to her, and turned it into an opportunity to express her thoughts and feelings.

2.                 The section of the passage that contributed the best emotional connection for me is the paragraph where the writer talked about her purpose of keeping a notebook. She stated that she had never had the thoughts of keeping a notebook, but eventually, it became a part of her that she is yet to understand how it came about. I feel connected to this passage because I am a firm believer that some of the strength we have are the ones we never thought we had, and they yield us the most benefits of life.

3.                 The unanswered questions asked by Didion strengthened her work as it made it more intriguing for her readers. I feel with those questions, it made her work unique and unconventional.