Compare And Contrast Audubon And Dillard

In the stories “An American Childhood’’ by Dillard’s and “Always Running” by Rodriquez are both experiences of their childhood when they both were being chased. It’s more like a short personal story about a part of their life. The stories were made interesting by adding the culture and place they grew up in. The stories also allows the readers to experience what they went through and what life was like for them with their dramatic words.

Bird by Bird, authored by Anne Lamott, gives advice on writing from the experience of a longtime writer, advice that is supported by ideas in the book The Things They Carried, by Tim O’Brien. Bird by Bird is primarily a self-help book on starting, continuing and succeeding in the field of writing. With the ideas provided in Anne Lamott’s book you can find similar thoughts mentioned in The Things They Carried. Getting started on writing, morals in life and the power of letters are some of these fundamental tips. Whether expanding on the ideas of Lamott or proving her point Tim O’Brien’s writing aids the reader in understanding Bird by Bird.

Unlike Audubon’s lengthy, complex syntax, Dillard employs a variety of sentence lengths and structures. She uses simple sentences and complex sentences to show the constant movement and rhythm of the birds. Dillard also uses a multitude loose sentences to emphasize her descriptions of the murmuration. For example, she writes, “They seemed to unravel as they flew, lengthening in curves, like a loosened skein,” which allows each additional phrase to deepen her description. Dillard used words such as “strayed… unraveling… sifting… rushing” to describe the murmuration of starlings. These words all create an image of movement and life. She also mentions

(Consider a better transition into the new topic. You can add transition word or add connecting sentence to the previous paragraph) Realism is the key style in A White Heron . This element avoids a ‘fairy tale’ feeling to the story and, rather, allows it to focus on more important issues. The author shows this in Sylvia’s development of her feelings towards the sportsman and how she regards those feelings in order to embrace individualism and knows that “whatever treasures were lost to her, woodlands and summer time, remember!” the wilderness is a part of who she is (Jewett 71). This is the point where she neglects her feelings for the hunter and, instead, realizes her own true feelings towards the countryside and what it has offered to her and will continually provide for her own spiritual and personal needs. Not only is realism used in Sylvia’s focus on real-life-in-the-moment events, but in other minor uses such as the setting. The story takes place within the parameters of Sylvia’s “clean and comfortable…little dwelling” in a middle to lower level class community that “does not rebel at the companionship of hens” (Jewett 65).

This time, the page was turned to a dying bird. And I mean, really dying. Most of the picture was this one wing, held straight up. All its feather were spread out, and you could see how Audubon got their pattern down - three rows of long, overlapping dark feathers, tipped white at the ends. You could feel how the wind would cruise over them. It was beautiful, and it’s just what you looked at first. And then you looked down at the second wing, which was crushed. And then you looked at the

In addition to description, Audubon uses personal stories to deliver his tale of the passenger pigeon. Audubon’s first story occurs in the ending months of 1813, as he observes multiple flocks of pigeons flying through the sky. Making a mark for each flock he saw, Audubon observes over 150 flocks in a short span of time. This marvels him, as he explains the birds appeared to cover the sky. Another one of Audubon’s stories describes an encounter he witnessed in Kentucky between hunters and their prey. The hunters, after waiting for the birds in the woods, attacked the masses, leaving many birds dead while the others flew away. The altercation had an unfortunate aftermath, as the birds were left to be eaten by wildlife and to be picked up in the morning by scavenging hunters. In 1830, years after observing a sky of birds, Audubon purchased 350 passenger pigeons in New York. He then took them to England, where he gave these birds away to people and to zoos. Audubon then concludes his personal experiences with this animal by discussing accounts of his colleague’s encounters with the pigeon. These doctors discuss different topics in their letters to Audubon, as they talk about

The book Red Bird has a series of poems written by Mary Oliver. She gives her perspective of the world and the gifts the world gives up. Oliver captures moments from the transformation of a capitllaar to some really dark bittersweet moments. Oliver is the true Anthologist because every poem she wrote comes to life. Due to the references and each scenes Oliver tries to create she illustrates true Eco-Criticism. Oliver’s illustration of Eco-criticism relates to themes of love, sorrow, empowerment, and laughter, which makes one reflect a certain way. As a result of how Oliver captured her works, she makes one look at the world at a different perspective, and have a peerlessness for the world.

Any literature writer across all genres of literature work that is short stories, novels, songs and poetry are driven to write by a particular purpose and must have the target audience in mind. Therefore, it is important to conduct rhetorical analysis of any essay in order to establish the author of a given piece of literature, the author’s intended target audience to whom the literary work is directed to, the writer’s main purpose for writing the work and what is the setting in which the author is located while giving the intended speech to the target audience. Therefore, in order to write a document that will bear fruits, the author must carefully select the message that intends to put across, the target audience and the setting of the document. Therefore, by conducting rhetorical analysis of Garret Hardin’s essay "Lifeboat Ethics" will enable the interested readers to gather information regarding the author, the message, the target audience as well as the setting.

This opening passage introduces several important ideas and approaches that will operate through the entire book. Dillard insistently presents the natural world as both beautiful and cruel, like the image of roses painted in blood. She demonstrates

It was not until after a few minutes I realized the bird was even there. These elements of color contributed to how I viewed the work. The colors triggered an emotional response in that the work which appears to be set at the beginning of Spring, because of the blooming light violet blossoms, adding to what feels like the end of a melancholy

In the first stanza, the first speaker states events that happened, but the second speaker has more visuals and gives a sense that the gardens are the same. The first speaker in the second stanza is naming different swivels and is explaining the selection of swivel, while the second speaker is naming a single object, and is describing rather than explaining. In the third stanza, the first speaker is praising the right idea, while using negatives for the bad idea, and the second speaker is describing the qualities of the blossoms by using imagery. The fourth stanza has the first speaker explaining the movement of the bolt using technical terms, while the second speaker is explaining the movement of bees in more descriptive verbs. In the last stanza, the former speaker is using pauses in speech to show differences in the ideas from the different stanzas, but the latter speaker written in a better flowing line, showing the relations between the three ideas of silence, gardens, and bees moving back and forth. While the two speakers use different diction and imagery, they also use different rhythms and sound devices.

In passage one, it is clearly written in a more sophisticated manner, whereas passage two is a lot more basic compared to passage one. Also passage two, words are less sophisticated, sentence is shorter compared to passage one. Passage one includes figurative language whereas

Kress and Van Leeuwen argue that the ladybird’s more realistic depictions of the world ensures a more precise perspective on how to read the image. The addition of text next to the image provides a direct, less ambiguous association which eventually helps to create appropriate meaning and understanding. (Kress &Van Leeuwen : 2006 : 28) In the

Sometimes in life you need to get up close and personal to see things as they actually are. The presence of the summer sun in the forest canopy flickered in and out of existence with the gentle breeze. This one was a relaxing day, filled with serene landscapes of nature, as I hiked with two childhood pals. A trek through the forest on my uncle’s two-hundred acres was a natural occurrence during the summer, Josh and Norm, two fellow adventure enthusiasts, usually came along. After a few hours of making our way through dense brush and muddy creek beds we reached the forest’s edge. We gazed upon the clearing ahead, an empty field that stretched as far as the eyes could see. Norm noticed it first, “look at the size of that deer!” he shouted,

The moment did become better. South of us, soaring high in the sky appeared an eagle. Not a bald eagle, but perhaps a golden and it appeared to be closing in on our location as it dropped in altitude. Mesmerized, eyes locked in on the free bird, it ensued on a flight pattern directly at our position. The closer it moved in, the swifter it soared. Suddenly, the realization set in that it was too late to lunge for a camera. The bird rapidly appeared in such proximity the details of the underside wings were sharply in focus. Holly claims the bird’s flight pattern locked in on her, and I believe her. For a brief moment, an uncomfortable feeling besieged me as I couldn’t understand the bird’s intentions of being that close in flight. An actual goose bump or two appeared while a mild chill jettisoned down my back. It was captivating and eerie at the same time. The golden eagle flew directly over Holly swooshing past and soaring out over the ravine. If either Holly or I had hastily searched for a camera, we would have missed the amazing display of soaring free.