Ua lilo ka moemoeā ʻAmelika i hacking i moeʻuhane. Mai ka wehewehe ʻana o ka moe a kēia moe, i ʻike ʻia no ka manawa mua ma 1931 mai ka waha o James Truslow Adams a nāna i hāʻawi i kahi pōmaikaʻi exponential i ka hiki a me ka hana wale nō, me ka ʻole o nā kūlana ʻē aʻe, na ka mea maoli i mālama i ka hoʻohuli ʻana i ka manaʻo ma he pepeke kanaka ʻaumakua.
ʻO ka liʻiliʻi ma ka hapa nui o nā hihia kahi i hiki ʻole mai ka pōmaikaʻi a koi ka poʻe āpau i ka mālama ʻana i nā hiʻohiʻona o ka pōmaikaʻi hoʻokahi wale nō hopena o ka laki.
Lawe mākou i kēia puke i ka makahiki 1959. Noho mākou i ka hale o ka wahine male e Everett McClellan lāua ʻo Lily a me kahi kī hope loa ma ke ʻano he echo ma mua o ka hamau piha e pili ana i nā wahi noho o nā hale i hana hou ʻia a me nā ola like.
Ma muli o ka mea ʻoi aku ka hewa, ka mea i kumu no ka flashback e wehewehe nei i nā mea āpau, ua hoʻolōʻihi ʻia ke kī ʻana iā ia iho a i ʻole ke kumu hoʻonāukiuki o kēlā papa waena e holomua e neʻe i kahi naʻau kaiāulu hou, kahi holo gula i hoʻomau i waena o nā kauhale hale mimetic.
ʻO ka hoʻonāukiuki ʻAmelika ma ke ʻano he pōʻino nui loa, ua maopopo i kēlā me kēia kanaka a aneane lawe ʻia e ka manaʻo me ka ʻole o ka pōmaikaʻi ʻaʻohe mea ʻike. A me ka ʻole o kekahi, noho ka noho ʻana i kūlana maikaʻi loa, keu hoʻi inā ua hana ʻoe i kahi hana nui e pakele ai mai kēlā papa waena e hoʻāʻo e piʻi i kahi paia kahi e heluhelu ai ka huaʻōlelo i nā huapalapala nunui "ʻO ka moemoeā ʻAmelika ma kēlā ʻaoʻao."
ʻO kahi manaʻo, kahi ākea a me kahi manawa a ka mea kākau ʻO Joan Didion ʻike nui. Ua ulu ʻo ia i loko o kēlā hoʻonohonoho Kaleponi o nā moeʻuhane nani e like me nā mirage ma lalo o kahi lā e ʻā ʻana.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke kūʻai i kēia puke i kēia manawa Muliwai pilikia, ka puke hou na Joan Didion, eia: