An American Childhood Annie Dillard Summary

In An American Childhood by Annie Dillard, there a many references to The Bible and scripture; in this book Dillard often states how the bible is with her and how much it amazes her. Annie Dillard states that scripture “played in the back of my head like a record on which the needle stuck”(132) that it was her “Terwilliger bunts one”(132). These first excerpt is showing how scripture was constantly playing back in Dillard’s head it was stuck in her head and on her lips “ like a record on which the needle stuck”(132). The second quote is alluding to when her mother found out that Terwilliger is a name and bunting is a tactic in baseball, and she would repeat “Terwilliger bunts one”(132) everywhere she went because she was so amazed with