The Chase
Cristian Cobb Meaning
3. The pursuer represents a competitor or an opponent to Dillard. This is because as she was running, she compared his strategy of chasing them to how children played football: flinging yourself wholeheartedly into what you are about to do. Also, with her description of the chase as adrenaline rush, it further implies that she enjoyed the chase and respected the man for attempting to run after her and her friend. She respects him because he never gave up during the Chase; any other adult would have given up after a bit.
4. Dillard describes the “chewing out” as redundant because the adult that caught up to her would always lecture her on her bad behavior and was a common idea of any adult correcting a bad behavior.
Writing strategy
1. Dillard opens up her narrative by describing the sport of football. She does this because she later uses the concept of tackling later on in the story to describe how her pursuer give all his effort in the chase chased after her and her friend just as a football player would whole heartedly and fearlessly tackle an opponent. The pursuer did not hesitate in his decision to pursue her and by the description of his exhausted state at the end of the Chase; he gave the chase all the effort he could give. Moreover, his persistence suggest that the pursuer had an “all or nothing” intent on catching Dillard just as Dillard described in her discussion on football as being a key trait in order to tackle or catch your opponent.
3. Dillard interrupts her story of the chase to explain her “enormous discovery” in order to reflect how unique the pursuer was compared to other adults and how much she respected him because of his attempt to try and catch her. This interruption does not weaken the story of the chase, instead it enhances it overall effect. This is because it glorifies Dillard’s experience and allowed the audience to have a better understand why the chase was so thrilling and special to her.
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3. The pursuer represents a competitor or an opponent to Dillard. This is because as she was running, she compared his strategy of chasing them to how children played football: flinging yourself wholeheartedly into what you are about to do. Also, with her description of the chase as adrenaline rush, it further implies that she enjoyed the chase and respected the man for attempting to run after her and her friend. She respects him because he never gave up during the Chase; any other adult would have given up after a bit.
4. Dillard describes the “chewing out” as redundant because the adult that caught up to her would always lecture her on her bad behavior and was a common idea of any adult correcting a bad behavior.
Writing strategy
1. Dillard opens up her narrative by describing the sport of football. She does this because she later uses the concept of tackling later on in the story to describe how her pursuer give all his effort in the chase chased after her and her friend just as a football player would whole heartedly and fearlessly tackle an opponent. The pursuer did not hesitate in his decision to pursue her and by the description of his exhausted state at the end of the Chase; he gave the chase all the effort he could give. Moreover, his persistence suggest that the pursuer had an “all or nothing” intent on catching Dillard just as Dillard described in her discussion on football as being a key trait in order to tackle or catch your opponent.
3. Dillard interrupts her story of the chase to explain her “enormous discovery” in order to reflect how unique the pursuer was compared to other adults and how much she respected him because of his attempt to try and catch her. This interruption does not weaken the story of the chase, instead it enhances it overall effect. This is because it glorifies Dillard’s experience and allowed the audience to have a better understand why the chase was so thrilling and special to her.
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