Notes From No Man's Land Eula Biiss Analysis

The entry that I decided to focus my response was from the book Notes From No Man’s Land, written by Eula Biss although I still have to mention the other readings that were assigned. The main topic of her writing, Babylon, I think, is the migration of people to their own Babylon; an area, city, location where individuals or groups move to because, of wanting to believe, of optimism and rebirth that they can possibly acquire. I took it as an essay on, obviously, the racial diversity in America and a way of how people go on about reinventing themselves; whoever it may be.
Eula describes her transition, in California, from the East to West coast through references to personal experiences, visuals of her surroundings, the Eagles and the biblical Babylon. How memory connects with rebirth and implications of
She references her experience from one coast to another through a type of thought process that leads her to other topics which somehow always seem to connect to make the writing clear and understandable to the reader.
In California, Biss considers the metaphor of urban spaces along with crafting reconciliation on gardens and cities, and the lasting symbolism of the ancient tales of Babylon. “Babylon could stand for any city—” she writes, “for New York, for Oakland, for California, for the United States—for capitalism, for imperialism, or simply for excess.” Not only does Eula write her essays clearly and direct by using her experiences and research but also writes with her senses. She is able to create art through pieces, and chunks, of incidences, thoughts and facts. This whole section seemed much easier to read, although