Annie Dillard Early Childhood Analysis

1. Annie Dillard in the first part of the book have talked about growing up in pittsburgh on 1950s. She focuses on her family life, her childhood activities, and her experiences with nature and how it have left a mark in her life. The american childhood is about the moments she lived in her childhood and how she immersed into being an adult. Having been lived in Pittsburg in 19th century, she talks about how it felt to live in the society full of upper class people. In addition, she talks about the experiences she had with nature and how it had greater significance in her life than anything else. She had a spiritual relationship with the geography such as digging a hole, starting to be alert of the world she existed as soon as she woke up. Thus, she believes that the more one experience nature during their childhood, the more story one has to talk about nature in future.

2. Annie dillard in page 44 talks about the excitement one will have while exploring and discovering the unknown. The author believed that roaming around
Annie Dillard’s expressiveness with her use of language to describe the place where she grew up was impressive. The quote from the book where she describes how her whole body would recognize the place where she lived tells us that her city hold a great significance in her life and she had a sweet memories of the city from her childhood.Learning from personal experiences seems very crucial and important to children. If a child forms a deeper affection with nature than it will leave a long lasting effect on a child. Children should make deeper connection with nature and it is only possible if they interact with nature and remain outdoor. Kids should avoid technological distraction and rather participate more in making wild connection with nature. If this does not happen then children will be not get to enjoy nature by experiencing it. The nature will hold no more significance on a child’s life if he or she has not spent enough time in