Essays on Annie Dillard

This essay is based on Annie Dillard’s essay “Seeing,” which is a chapter in the book “Pilgrim at Tinker Creek.” In particular, this paper is an analysis of the meaning of seeing literally (the natural obvious) and figuratively (the artificial obvious). Dillard uses metaphors and…

Annie Dillard stated, ‘Living Like Weasels,’ an exposition in which she paints the tale of her experience with a weasel. She clarifies that from her gathering with the weasel, she built up incredible esteem for the weasel’s lifestyle; Weasels live not by decision, predisposition, or…

Annie Dillard supports her claim by first sharing her experience with the encounter with a weasel, and then she compares humans to weasels saying that they should live wilder like weasels. Dillard’s purpose is to show that we should go after our dreams no matter…

 Pilgrim at Tinker Creek written by Annie Dillard is a novel that creates mystery and wonder. The narrator goes through life examining countless different things that an ordinary person would not typically pay attention to. Dillard wants the reader to go through life the way…

Annie Dillard in her essay, “Living like Weasels” states that weasels live a life of freedom compared to where a human lives a life of choice. She supports her claim by first sharing her experience with the encounter with a weasel, and then she compares…

Living Like Weasels is a fascinatingly beautiful story about an encounter between the writer and a wild weasel; an encounter that she claims is the first of its kind for her. While considering the weasel, the writer expounds on a number of ideas, especially those…

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…

In Annie Dillard’s 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…

In Annie Dillard’s 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…

Annie Dillard’s memoir, An American Childhood, is filled and adorned with innumerable instances of figurative language. Using an eloquent, articulate prose, Dillard describes in vivid language and excruciating detail the vast array of memories and experiences that make up her childhood. Each page of the…

Dillard’s 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 had. For this…