Q Threadead Discussion weak 2_Joan Didion's essay begins on a deeply personal note, with a confession of sorts about why she and her significant other, whom the reader understands to be her boyfriend, broke up. It's a single statement accompanied by the date and location where Didion was when she wrote it; it's a snapshot of her life at a single point in time. Didion continues to ask her questions, leaving the reader with more questions. What had she been up to in Delaware? "Are you waiting for a train or are you missing a train?"