In “Goodbye to All That,” how does Joan Didion’s comparing her feelings for New York to the love one feels in a romantic relationship affect the mood of the narrative?

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i would need to know the specific part of the passage your referring to ?

answer :

the following two parts of the given excerpt from "beowulf" denote the importance of kinship and lineage :

1. hither to come; of (kinsmen's approval,

  word-leave of warriors), i ween that ye surely

2. (nothing have known. never a greater one

    of earls o’er the earth have i had a sight of)