1. universality of suffering
2.reaction towards suffering
It can be a dear or Alan, maybe trapped, tortured or burned but none of this changes the fact that we all suffer irrespective of our gender ,place ,name ,form etc. so then why are we expected to react to this universal pain and suffering in a particular way ?
The style of writing is very unique. Dillard doesn’t try to be subtle in her writing as she puts across the theme of universal pain and suffering. The truths are not sugar coated or twisted. She plainly lays out the stark realities of humanity before us. Of how we can so pitifully look at a tortured deer and lament but at the next moment be able to dine on the flesh of an