On Going Home

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"On Going Home" is a reflective personal essay by Joan Didion in which she meditates on family, memory, and the meaning of home.

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instanceOf essay
literary work
personal essay
author Joan Didion NERFINISHED
containsCharacter Didion's child
Didion's extended family
Didion's husband
Didion's parents
Joan Didion NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
explores complexity of family relationships
emotional ties to place
formation of personal identity
meaning of home
focusesOn Didion's return to her childhood home
contrast between her family of origin and her married life
tension between past and present life
genre autobiographical essay
nonfiction
hasSubject domestic life
personal history
regional culture in California
language English
literaryMovement New Journalism NERFINISHED
literaryStyle fragmented recollection
introspective
lyrical prose
narrativeMode reflective
narrativePerspective first person
setting California NERFINISHED
theme belonging
family
generational differences
home
identity
marriage
memory
nostalgia
place and self
timePeriodDescribed mid-20th century
tone contemplative
intimate
melancholic

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Slouching Towards Bethlehem hasPart On Going Home