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Some Dreamers of the Golden Dream
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Lucille Miller during her trial
This essay is told from multiple points of view, mostly third person. Once such view is from Lucille Miller. During the investigation and the subsequent trial, Didion includes quotes from Lucille Miller, regarding conversations she had with her lover, Arthwell as well as her husband. Another such point of view was that of the detectives that investigated the fire that claimed the life of Lucille Miller's husband. News of the murder was extensive and covered many phases of the investigations and trial. The maid that took care of the Miller's children was extensively covered by the media. She often discussed the relationship between Lucille and her husband, Art and her kids and was a strong believer in Lucille's innocence.
Joan Didion's style for Some Dreamers of the Golden Dream is much like the rest of the essays in Lifestlyes of the Golden Land. The essay is more of a narrative unlike the other essays in Slouching Towards Bethleham. The essay includes multiple points of view as told by the people directly involved with the case as well as the people that knew Lucille Miller, her husband, and her lover Arthur. The essay also includes newspaper headlines that were readily available as the case was extensively covered by the media due to the people involved with the case and the aspects the case included i.e. murder, love, greed, etc.
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Newspaper clipping after the verdict
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Lucille Miller, a married woman with children lived in San Bernandino Valley, California, is convicted of murdering her husband. While going to get milk, she allegedly poured gasoline on her husband and set the car on fire. She is taken to trial for the murder. She is having an affair with another man. She is found guilty and sent to The California Institution for Women at Frontera.
This is the car that Gordon Miller burned to death in.
- This essay is apart of the Life Styles in the Golden Land. Life Styles in the Golden Land is about life in California in the late 1960s. There was an emphasis on the geographical adaptations, the emotional and physical barriers faced in California at that time. The title of the section suggest that there is always happiness in California.
- Joan Didion uses "Some Dreamers of the Golden Land" to illustrate the opposite.