He finds it important enough to write about it and preserve its history and memories. He seems to like living the same simple life and finds comfort in it. I noticed that the author was probably a pretty compulsive person and paid high attention to details. From what I got from the memoir is that the author had a lot of details and obsessions about the city Lakewood, he thought were important to discuss and preserve in a book. It had a Utopia idea in mind but fell short as most cities usually do in any society. With this, the book is very detail oriented.įrom all the details, I got the impression the city was not a very exciting place to grow up. The book is very chaotic at times, with events and things happening seeming to jump around a lot. In addition most of the residents were white, not too many other races at this time. The author states on page 74 paragraph 136 that ” It was often said of this suburb, as its houses filled quickly in 19, that every other house was either Jewish or Catholic” Waldie 74. The city’s name is Lakewood which is a newly brought up suburban neighborhood. The Holy Land by D.J Waldie is a memoir, however not really of a particular person but a account of a city.
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