Analysis Of An American Childhood Annie Dillard

In the excerpt from An American Childhood by Annie Dillard, the reader receives an intimate passage written from a daughter’s point of view of her eccentric mother. Through a unique string of constructive anecdotes and a warm, lighthearted tone, Dillard develops her readers understanding of the qualities she sees in her mother and her positive outlook on those qualities. Though a single quality is not explicit, the passage provides implicit evidence of her mother’s wit, commendable sense of humor and unceasing energy. Perhaps the most evident admirable quality depicted in An American Childhood is her mother’s fearless wit. Dillard’s mother, Pam, values knowledge and instilled that value in her children and in those around her through various