Miller discusses his boyhood plus the way he sinned. Miller summarizes having engaged one among his teachers in a discussion involving an assigned homework task not getting submitted. Tiny asides get added, advice on how one can tell authorities lies. It’s a hilarious sequence, yet imagining it getting written is tough. …show more content…
His tonality makes his narrative style reliable: “I learned the craft well, never looking my teacher in the eye, always speaking…from the diaphragm, never feeble [on] deception” (Miller 5). Miller summarizes each journey on which he has embarked via Christianity whereby any reader can get motivated. Another outstanding moment involves Miller reading God’s Word.
He’s reached a pivotal Luke moment wherein Jesus gets crucified. His (Miller’s) feelings get described: “[A] love for Him [rushed] through…my back and into my chest. I [cried]” (Miller 237).
I felt inspired upon reading the excerpt to get closer to God. Miller’s talent for expressing how he feels whereby readers want to feel such feelings as well is a skill I admire. My primary goals now are opening up more and creating less distance from my readers, making them feel like acquaintances welcomed for house