Reading Notes W5: Miller Part B

• This story is titled Californian and by reading it you can definitely capture the essence of what it means to live in this beautiful state.
• "The ocean's thin and hoary hair is trail'd along the silver'd sands, At every sigh and sounding moan." (Joaquin Miller, "Californian", 233)
• The quote is basically describing the different sounds and sights that are seen when staring at the ocean.
• The story is calm and you definitely feel at peace reading this, you can imagine the crashing waves the blue sky, wet sand and light breeze.
• The author compares the power of the ocean to the might of God and to show that people are tiny in compared to the magnitude of the ocean.