What Is The Purpose Of The Chase By Annie Dillard

Dillard chose to use diction, or word choice, to accent the two different aspects of the story. One aspect of the author's word choice was to portray her young, seven year old personality. She chose to use a simple words

As evident by the title of this poem, imagery is a strong technique used in this poem as the author describes with great detail his journey through a sawmill town. This technique is used most in the following phrases: “...down a tilting road, into a distant valley.” And “The sawmill towns, bare hamlets built of boards with perhaps a store”. This has the effect of creating an image in the reader’s mind and making the poem even more real.

Dillard uses a fragment to show her reluctance as she accepts that they will not understand what really is given up. This fragment makes a striking contrast with the previous sentences in the classroom scene which consists of continuous questions and run-on questions. Without stating it, Dillard shows that she has given up and will continue to feel as if she is still alone in her situation. With the constant grammatically incorrect sentences Dillard writes in, she ultimately creates a unique voice that results in a more personal essay for the reader to connect to.

The imagery in this poem is really straightforward. For example, “ the way he absorbs

It’s about recreating her experience with such precise detail that her essay has a booming impact on its reader. Her depiction of the setting and atmosphere allows the reader to relive the narrators experience as if beside her the entire time. Take for example the imagery in this statement “the bank, feet, even the invisible frogs”. She uses imagery to convey the same sensations she felt during her observations. We are also given images of frogs being “exactly half in and half out of the water.” Dillard presents the events to the audience in the same way she experienced them. We discover that the narrator “learned to recognize, slowing down, the difference in texture of the light reflected from mudbank, water, grass, or frog.” This allows the reader to better appreciate and relate to the writing by picturing the descriptions the writer intended. Dillard’s usage of metaphors and simile create an even more lasting image on the reader. His skull is “like a kicked tent”, “like a deflating football”, and finally his skin becomes “formless as a pricked balloon.” The references to the tent, football, and balloon are perfect examples since we can relate to them. In this chilling way the author taps into our emotions and allows us to sense the phenomena she is

This can be seen when she said, “ A rough boy told you how you were born. You kicked him, but stared at your parents, appalled, when you got back home”. This shows that she was starting to lose her innocence as a child as she got to know how she was born and even though she kicked the boy for telling her, she was still shocked by the new information she received. The poet describes herself kicking the boy, thus using imagery to describe her anger towards the boy. She says that she stared at her parents when she got home, thus using imagery to tell her audience that she was curious about the way she was born and the fact that her parents went through the process.

In this poem self-image is a foremost theme as the author continually discusses the things she has done and her use of similes and metaphors creates an appearance of herself as a deity or something that has transcended. She does this throughout the poem by making it appear as though she had a direct relationship with all of the events she discusses. The narrator does this with relation to herself, but at the same time she doesn’t because she is talking about the different countries of Africa and their contributions to the world. And, she is talking about the black woman and everything they have done for the world with the goal of giving empowerment to young black girls. As the topic discusses self-image it is not singularly looking at her image but the self-image of black people as a whole and is justifying the Ego Trip that

In Annie Dillard's "The Chase" the main character is being hunted by an adult through one of the neighborhoods in Pittsburgh, after throwing a snowball at his car. While running, she contemplates why the adult would even care enough to chase her. She discovers that the man has the same theory as her - give your all to something or you will lose. When I was analyzing the story, I took into consideration the man's point of view. I believe he wanted to teach the kids a lesson and, using the same theory as the main character, knew if he gave up, the kids would learn nothing and repeat their actions. When the narrator is finally caught by the man, all he says is, "You stupid kids." and the girl is not exactly happy that he chooses to only say

For example, in lines 14-15, the author used personification, “Our shadows stretched long over the walls and rumpled over bedspreads and they pirouetted to the rhythm of our breath, rising and falling.” This creates a mood of beauty since this personification makes people imagine how pretty it must be, when children’s shadows, pirouette around a small

Above all, the author uses imagery like light and dark to explain the difference between them. For example, she uses imagery like “I am white” and “profit from his darkness” to describe the racial difference. This poem has many racial examples to explain the fear this person feels towards this young male. The use of black and white imagery emphasize, the opposite ends of the spectrum represented

In the end asking what how the anecdote encapsulates the book’s theme(s), spirit and value for the audience/readers? By showing motivation to pursue Diane lead him to have family and a support system. Sharing his passion with his wife and his daughter Lilah. Allowing his readers to connect personally to his piece. Well showing motivation is not just one sided, but has many and will work in all aspects of

The biggest thing she starts talking about is the wallpaper in the room she is in. Near the end, because she has nothing else to do, she starts getting very obsessed with the wallpaper that it consumes her. She soon beings to state details and patterns of the wallpaper and starts to think there is a deeper and hidden meaning to it. We can see her mental state start to change because she even claims that the wallpaper starts to move and change when she says “The front pattern DOES move--and no wonder! The woman behind shakes it” (Gilman 10). This is when we can clearly see that her mental state has altered due to her emotions and feelings. The exposure she had to doing nothing and being bored all the time got considerably much and so her mind had to make things up so that it could cope with the boredom she was experiencing. All of this goes to show how women were being treated and how they felt, back during this time. Once or if those feeling got too much, we were able to see how it affected them directly and indirectly with how they acted and changed.

In the excerpt, Death of a Moth, by Annie Dillard, she attempts to overcome her writer's block by getting away from it all and taking a trip into the Mountains of Virginia. While taking time off, she intends to spiritually find her true self again and get back on a successful track. Only by using concrete imagery, drawing a strong parallel, and meticulously selecting a certain word choice to create points of clarity, is she able to effectively convey her inner struggle.

The writer also introduces Imagery to show how throughout the detailed description of how many tasked Annie was forced to do and how her hands and body was damaged. Annie did every task and did so until her hands we’re damaged.”Annie’s life became unbearable” This shows a metaphor of how Annie couldn’t tolerate her husbands’ demand anymore this also show’s a paradox because her life was really unbearable.

Pursuit was a tiresome thing. It was exhausted to chase after the circles, just like it was exhausting to chase after everything else. Once the alarm set itself off, it was off to school she went, just like everyone else. At school, she would pursue high grades, and then pursue friendships that last, and then pursue a good story to capture, pin down, and write...