Awareness In An American Childhood
Matt
AP Lang
4 December 2012 Awareness in An American Childhood
“I sip my coffee. I look at the mountain, which is still doing its tricks, as you look at a still-beautiful face belonging to a person who was once your lover in another country years ago: with fond nostalgia, and recognition, but no real feeling save a secret astonishment that you are now strangers.” In this excerpt from Pilgrim at Tinker Creek Annie Dillard says that she had “no real feeling” for her past lover because now all they are is strangers. In Dillard’s work, An American Childhood, she strongly emphasizes the importance of full awareness of your surroundings. In An American Childhood Annie Dillard uses imagery and expansive writing to support her argument that
AP Lang
4 December 2012 Awareness in An American Childhood
“I sip my coffee. I look at the mountain, which is still doing its tricks, as you look at a still-beautiful face belonging to a person who was once your lover in another country years ago: with fond nostalgia, and recognition, but no real feeling save a secret astonishment that you are now strangers.” In this excerpt from Pilgrim at Tinker Creek Annie Dillard says that she had “no real feeling” for her past lover because now all they are is strangers. In Dillard’s work, An American Childhood, she strongly emphasizes the importance of full awareness of your surroundings. In An American Childhood Annie Dillard uses imagery and expansive writing to support her argument that