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Dillard's Reflection
Experience is the truth. Seeing the eclipse with your own eyes is totally different from hearing about it. To Dillard, that event is much more compelling as she witnessed it herself: “What you see in an eclipse is entirely different from what you know” (Dillard 6). Dillard has heard about the total eclipse and has seen a partial eclipse before, but not a total one. The total eclipse changes Dillard drastically as it allows her to change her viewpoints on human life and the place of humans in the universe. She realizes life is immeasurable. Dillard draws the attention to the audience about the natural world. After viewing the total eclipse, she understands that experience is over theories. She conveys the idea to the audience of opening your
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