Dillard and Woolf Style and Effect Compare and Contrast Annie Dillard and Virginia Woolf both wrote beautiful essays‚ entitled “Death of A Moth‚” and “Death of the Moth‚” respectively. The similarities between the two pieces are seen just in the titles; however‚ the pieces exhibit several differences. While both Dillard and Woolf wrote extensive and detailed essays following deaths of moths‚ each writer’s work displays influence from different styles and tone‚ and each moth has a different effect
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Unlike Descartes‚ Dillard relies on her senses and past experiences to help her find the truth and guide her through life. Dillard looked at things from other people’s perspective to get a different point of view and to see how other people experienced certain things. Dillard also states that “There is another kind of seeing that involves a letting go”; what I think Dillard means by letting go is getting rid of all the lies‚ theories‚ and false
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Audubon and Dillard A small child views a painting‚ giggling to his mother how it looks like an elephant soaring throughout the galaxy. An hour later a middle age man views the exact painting only to acknowledge the abstract painting as a collage of miscellaneous shapes and colors. This view is much like the comparison between John James Auburn and Annie Dillard passages‚ revealing opposite and similar aspects on the subject of birds. Auburn’s passage inhabits a sense of seriousness and monotone
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Prologue - Dillard begins the story with imagery and vivid description of rivers from the north shore of Lake Erie to West Virginia. She includes a brief history of some sort involving Benjamin Franklin‚ Thomas Jefferson‚ and George Washington. She then simply ends and jumps into a story about her father when she was ten. She described his dream to travel to New Orleans to hear the music he loved. She explains his occupation and the unfortunate location of his office‚ where he witnessed suicides
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injustice in our world. The fact that Dillard had to hesitate before helping a dying man because he was scared he would lose his job‚ this is a problem in itself. 2) Does this narrative serve to contrast idealism and reality? How does Dillard’s oath conflict with his final decision? Dillard story‚ sadly‚ doesn’t contrast reality in the slightest. This narrative depicts the sad truth of what could have happened to a man’s job in an attempt to save a life. Dillard took an oath after he graduated medical
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Dreams play a major role in deciphering subconscious psychological issues‚ such as fears‚ desires‚ and anxieties in Annie John. Dreams "have been interpreted as expressions of infantile desires or considered elaborations of the problems of waking hours". In Jamaica Kincaid’s Annie John‚ Annie’s dreams become a significant element in the way she views herself and the world around her. Annie comments about her dreams: "I had been taught by my mother to take my dreams seriously. My dreams were not unreal
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Annie John: A Bildungsroman? Jamaica Kincaid’s story Annie John is often thought of as a “postcolonial coming-of-age novel.” To understand this‚ it must first be known what both terms‚ postcolonial and coming-of-age novel‚ mean. Postcolonial refers to the period of time after the establishment of independence in a colony. European countries‚ including England‚ France‚ Spain‚ Portugal‚ and the Netherlands‚ colonized other nations in order to benefit from things like resources or geographical locations
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Annie Oakley I am a woman. I am able to get an education if I so choose. As an adult I will be able to own property and vote. I am not spending my childhood learning how to become a wife and a mother. Whether she knew it or not Annie Oakley helped to give me the rights that I have today. Annie was a woman too‚ and famous sharpshooter. She could shoot better than any man of her time. She helped to show women that it was okay to do more “masculine” things. And‚ she helped women to realize that
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As Creon and his men race to correct their error‚ Annie enters through the plantation. She is dressed in white‚ holding a veil in her hands. Surrounding her is a chorus of dead Confederate soldiers‚ two of which are her brothers Earl and Paul. “Look at me‚” she says‚ “men of my fatherland/setting out on that last road” (102). She speaks directly to the dead‚ and the dead answer. The chorus taunts her impending death‚ for which Annie takes offense‚ asking that the spirits wait until she is dead
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Lisa from The Girl Who Owned a City and Annie from Directions are similar in many ways. One similarity is that they both are very determined. A quote from the story says‚ “Although business was slow‚ those first days Annie was determined”. This quote helps the reader to understand how hard Annie works everyday‚ and how determined she is. Lisa is also a very hard worker‚ and also is very determined. We see this when Lisa doesn’t give up‚ no matter how many times she has to do it. "But for some reason
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