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In Miami, Joan Didion works tirelessly to uncover the teeming underbelly of life in a city floating “between a mangrove swamp and a barrier reef,” a city that is painted in a light that separates it from the rest of America and in a way, reality as a whole. ... While she points out that Miami as a city aligns itself more with Latin America than with American America, her separation metaphor extends to both populations and the events that give the city its unique personality. ... Miami’s Cuban exile population, which she describes as affluent, educated and politically passionate (as opposed to the typically more susceptible poor, illiterate, and indifferent groups that are traditionally the target of government subjugation), is contrasted against the “mainstream” if Miami residents to exemplify the metaphor of separation. If “mainstream” is taken to mean those groups that are normally focused on in populations—the blacks and the whites—the metaphor makes sense, since the main contrast is between those who understand and empathize with the exile experience (namely, the exiles), and those who don’t care (the rest of Miami) or pretend to care (the government).
Approximate Word count = 709
Approximate Pages = 2.8
(250 words per page double spaced)
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