Purpose – Didion's purpose in the passage was to make the audience question about our "morals". He points out that being right or wrong is all completely subjective and no one has the right nor the power to assume it is correct.

Didion's usage of imagery is above extreme. By using imagery the author illustrate his examples clearly for the audience to judge the ethic of human conscience. And beyond that nothing is fundamentally wrong or right. The author's tone is assuredly calm and knowledgeable. The author achieves the trust of the audience with his tone. His syntax is also very sophisticated in a way it forces the reader to unarguably agree upon his arguments. Last but not least, his narration is impressively subjective. Didion incorporated