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Annie Dillard: An American Childhood (832 words, 2 pages)

An American Childhood. Annie Dillard. New York, New York Harper Row, 1988. 255 pp. There is little about the childhood of a girl from a somewhat wealthy home, growing up in Pittsburgh that would normally be thought of as interesting or original enough to be written about. In An American ... Read More

A Book Report on Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters’ First 100 Years by Sarah Louise Delany, Amy Hill Hearth, and Annie Elizabeth Delany (760 words, 1 pages)

History from eyes I can see through is the first thing I thought after turning the last page. The book took me for a ride through time with the Delany sisters it talked about there brothers and sisters (Lemuel, Julia, Henry JR, Lucius, William, Hubert, Laura, Samuel) there struggles as ... Read More

A Review of Articles by Annie Dillard and Jonathan Safran Foer (515 words, 2 pages)

Discuss any insightsregrets the authors may have learned in their experience.Make sure you include Weasels, Dog, and Elephant in your analysis.WeaselsIn the article Living Like Weasels by Annie Dillard, she has many insights when meeting a weasel at Hollins Pond or Murrays Pond. When the weasel, who at Hollins Phond, ... Read More

An Analysis of the Relationship Between Annie and Her Mother in the Novel Annie John by Jamaica Kincaid (750 words, 3 pages)

The mother-daughter relationships between Annie John and her mother fluctuate from love, friendship, and admiration to annoyance and a state of near-hate. Annie John shows almost no similarities to Ma chess, while Annie Johns mother shows a few. Before Annie grows up and is required by her mother to learn ... Read More

An Assessment of Stuart Pierson’s Judgement in The Shipping News by E. Annie Prolux (1267 words, 4 pages)

Hello everybody and welcome back to another podcast, where I will be evaluating the reasonable assessment of Stuart Piersons judgement on the Shipping news, as seen on my hand out with close reference to the thematic element of work. As the story develops, effects of the global village are felt ... Read More

A Comparison of the Differences in the Imagery and Tone Between the Short Stories The Death of a Moth by Virginia Woolf and The Death of the Moth by Annie Dillard (896 words, 4 pages)

Death of the Moths Decades apart from one another, Virginia Wolfe and Annie Dillard both wrote short stories entitled The Death of a Moth and The Death of the Moth respectfully. Both have obvious similarities in the tittles and the subject matter. Despite this, they both present different imagery and ... Read More

The Objective Benefits of Studying Abroad in How Studying or Working Abroad Makes You Smarter, an Article by Annie Paul (639 words, 4 pages)

According to Annie Paul, the author of the article "How Studying Or Working Abroad Makes You Smarter", education abroad offers students more than bright emotions from visiting other countries. Paul points to the considerable bulk of research that suggests that the experience of being abroad and communicating with people following ... Read More

A Short Review of Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, a Book by Annie Dillard (355 words, 1 pages)

In chapter one of Pilgrim at Timber Creek, Dillard suggests that nature can be a cruel and fearsome yet beautiful and mysterious. Dillard uses theoretical strategies such as exaggeration to help form accurate questions and she comes up with her own interpretation about cruelty to show her point of view. ... Read More

The Metaphors in Total Eclipse, an Essay by Annie Dillard (1148 words, 3 pages)

In her essay Total Eclipse, Annie Dillard uses metaphors to tell the reader about her unforgettable life experience viewing a total eclipse. The metaphors help to make the essay more thought-provoking and not a simple read. The metaphors encourage the reader to think about what he or she read and ... Read More

An Analysis of Annie Hall, a Film by Woody Allen (477 words, 2 pages)

Annie HallTechnically, the film marked an advance for the director. He selected Gordon Willis as his cinematographerfor Allen "a very important teacher" and a "technical wizard," saying, "I really count Annie Hall as the first step toward maturity in some way in making films." At the time, it was considered ... Read More

Annie Dillard’s Mission at Pilgrim Creek and Her Preference of Enlightenment Over Truth (1754 words, 5 pages)

A Natural Mistake Dillards Preference of Enlightenment Over TruthDillards mission at Pilgrim Creek was twofold primarily, she desired to be immersed in nature and the environment that surrounds humanity, but she also wished to achieve her own personal and creative way of expressing her innate connection to the experience she ... Read More

The Depiction of God in Holy the Firm, a Nonfiction Narrative by Annie Dillard (491 words, 2 pages)

What Is God Like in Holy the Firm?In her book Holy the Firm, author Annie Dillard, who lives on an island in Puget Sound in Washington, looks for God in the events that happen over three days both inside and outside her home. On Day 1, Dillard understands God by ... Read More

The Religious and Theological Beliefs of Philosophers in Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, a Book by Annie Dillard (606 words, 2 pages)

In Annie Dillards book Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, she references a diverse group of sources which include Albert Einstein, the Karan, and many philosophers, both with secular and sacred beliefs. One which was particularly intriguing was a quote of Jacques Ellul, a French philosopher, law professor, sociologist, theologian, and Christian ... Read More

A Recollection of Childhood Memories in The Chase, a Story by Annie Dillard (317 words, 1 pages)

Captivated ThrillIn the heartwarming and expressive excerpt from The Chase, by Annie Dillard, she retells the excitement and thrill of one of her fondest memories as a child. Dillard begins by explaining her wholeheartedly passion at playing the sport football and expresses this through vivid imagery in order to convey ... Read More

A Comparison of Living Like Weasels and Transfiguration, Two Essays by Annie Dillard (610 words, 3 pages)

In Annie Dillards essay, Living Like Weasels, she explains her first encounter with a weasel and what she gained from that experience. She begins with a story of how a man shot an eagle out of the sky and once he examined the eagle, he found the dry skull of ... Read More

An Analysis of the Mother-Daughter Relationship in Annie John, a Novel by Jamaica Kincaid (1284 words, 4 pages)

The relationship between Annie and her mother is the most important theme of the novel. The anxiety and disputes provoked by their alienation is what drives the plot, what starts the novel and finishes it. It is crucial to understand Annie's claims that her mother is trying to exclude her, ... Read More

An Analysis of Pantheism in Holy the Firm, a Book by Annie Dillard (321 words, 1 pages)

The theme of Annie Dillards book is pantheism, everything is a God. This was not constructive in dealing with my suffering. If everything is a God, God is everywhere. If God is everywhere, God can cause suffering to cease. In Holy the Firm, it is said, every day is a ... Read More

An Analysis of Literary Elements in Annie Dillard’s Essay (669 words, 2 pages)

Babies Are Not Always a Good ThingThroughout human history, people have always looked forward to and celebrated the births of people, so much so that they have dedicated an entire branch of medicine that deals with it. While usually a nurse in the hospital is dealing with death and disease ... Read More

Death of a Moth Sometimes essays about very small, seemingly insignificant topics can be profound. Examples of this include Virginia Woolfs and Annie Dillards separate essays both entitled The Death of a Moth, not surprisingly each detailing the life and death of a moth. While both essays involve a moth, ... Read More

A Live Performance Review of the Fall Musical, Annie Jr. (781 words, 3 pages)

On Thursday, November 12, 2015, the Advanced Drama class of 2015-16 at South Jr. High School opened Annie Jr. as their fall production. Ms. Stephanie Hannah has been known for her grandiose-by-junior-high-standards productions, as shes put on two shows per year since the early 2000s. Past productions include, but are ... Read More

A Critical Analysis of Holy the Firm by Annie Dillard (626 words, 2 pages)

Annie Dillard From Holy The Firm Some people becomes hurt by their own actions, and some gets hurt by the actions of other people around them. Death is an event where it is not measured or expected. Death is an action of recklessness and haste. A quote by Mohammad Ali ... Read More

The Student Multitasking Issues by Annie Murphy Paul (249 words, 1 pages)

Author Annie Murphy Paul writes about the problems of students multitasking during schoolwork and how it affects the students understanding and memory. Larry Rosen labs investigators recorded when and how many times students attempted multitasking. The findings were that around two minutes is when students began to become distracted. He ... Read More

A Comparison of the Essays, Living Like Weasels by Annie Dillard and The Death of the Moth by Virginia Woolf (1295 words, 5 pages)

Comparison EssayAlthough Annie Dillard and Virginia Woolf both use forms of descriptive language in their respective essays Woolf provides a more effective use of the pair in describing a phase of life.Both of the essays use living things to provide a look into two different phases of life. In Living ... Read More

An Analysis of Awakenings in The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows (785 words, 3 pages)

Awakenings in The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie SocietyIn the novel The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows, writer Juliet Ashton falls in love with Guernsey, an island in the English Channel occupied by Germany during World War II. One day, ... Read More

The Theme of Sexuality in Kazuo Ishiguro’s Never Let Me Go and Brokeback Mountain by Annie Proulx (1094 words, 4 pages)

Sexuality throughout history has been subject to countless rules and regulation by thousands of different societies who desired to wrest control of such a fundamental part of human development. In the modern era, there still are visages of these attempts to control sexuality and sexual expression whether it be religious ... Read More

The Natural and Artificial Obvious in Seeing by Annie Dillard (453 words, 2 pages)

Seeing is related to innate egocentrism because the narrator unconsciously constructs a natural obvious, rather than putting her preconceived notions aside to form an artificial obvious. Innate egocentrism is to assume what one believes is true is true without questioning the basis for hisher beliefs. Additionally, a natural obvious is ... Read More

An analysis of Forbidden Love in Annie on My Mind by Nancy Garden (3188 words, 11 pages)

A lot of LGBTQQA (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Questioning, and Asexual) people are coming out at younger and younger ages now, but in the 1980s a lesbian high school student was not exactly the norm. Many felt they had to stay in the closet or werent even out to ... Read More

Going Back to Nature in Living Like Weasels by Annie Dillard (1161 words, 4 pages)

In Living Like Weasels, Annie Dillard recounts in detail her attempt to abandon the social constructs and narrow mindset of modern society by venturing into nature. She starts by describing the effects modern society has had on the landscape - highways, beer cans, motorcycle tracks. To Dillard this is clearly ... Read More

The Happy Conclusion in the Tragic Story, The Shipping News by Annie Proulx (1768 words, 5 pages)

Many authors write great plays and novels, which mostly end in a successful conclusion that fulfills the satisfaction of the readers. The famous William Shakespeare, however, wrote plays with a happy conclusion or a tragic conclusion. Much the same as him, Annie Proulx, the author of a famous novel, The ... Read More

The Intimate Relationship to Nature in the Literary Works, Walden by Henry David Thoreau and Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard (1490 words, 5 pages)

Heaven is under our feet as well as over our headsHenry David Thoreau1The transcendentalist movement developed during the early nineteenth century as a denunciation of the uniform aspects of society attributing such conformity to the institutions of organized religion and industrialization. Transcendentalism did not dismiss a divine presence however rather ... Read More

Published: Friday 25th of January 2013