She highlights the public scrutiny that comes with such as office, such as when a news reporter asked Nancy what she would select for flowers. On Being Unchosen by the College of One’s Choice, she narrates how she missed a chance at her college of choice, while in Pretty Nancy she narrates the experiences of Nancy Regan at the office of the U.S first lady.

The plot continues in the rest of the text, showcasing the narrator’s diverse experiences. This observation presents a duality in Didion’s observations regarding the castle. She says that when finally, she saw it as a child, “it was what I expected, and it was not” (Didion 30). In the narration, Didion says that she had looked up the castle countless times as a child. The narrator recounts their visit to the fabled San Simeon castle, describing it as “the phantasmagoric barony that William Randolph Hearst made for himself on the sunburned hills above the San Luis Obispo County coast” (Didion 29). In, A Trip to Xanadu, the narrator recounts their childhood experiences in California. In Alicia and the Underground Press, for example, the narrator offers her views of the press and presents concerns on the lack of credibility in the modern press. However, the events presented in the text revolve around the narrator’s life. The stories have distinct plots, narrating different experiences in diverse settings.

Let Me Tell You What I Mean is an amalgamation of twelve stories authored by Didion.

The trend is repeated in most of the other stories, such as A Trip to Xanadu and On Being Unchosen by the College of One’s Choice, effectively making her the main character in the text. She also narrates Getting Serenity, as the main character, where she narrates her various experiences, such as her encounter with gamblers anonymous. For example, in Alicia and the Underground Press, Didion plays the role of the narrator, who is also the main character. Joan Didion, the author of Let Me Tell You What I Mean, doubles up as the main character in the stories presented in the book, as she plays the role of the narrator.

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