Anchor: As she tries to decipher the convoluted course of her Central American adventure, Elena McMahon, not one of those who saw in a flash how every moment could connect, discovers memory and imagination--faculties that Didion's previous heroines did their best to deny.
Entailed: Elena tried to understand the adventures in Latin America
Contradiction: Elena has no interest in going to south america
Contradiction: The man is drinking beer and lying in his recliner watching tv with his son.
Contradiction: A upset crowd at a checkout with carts around them.
Contradiction: The analysis is a financial statement in nature.
Contradiction: Most men are not sophisticated.