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    The Deer at Providencia

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    dying deer from time to time. Dillard also uses references hidden between the lines‚ such as "high levels of lactic acid‚ which build up in the muscle tissue during exertion‚ tenderize" (63). In this way Dillard is referencing back to the tied up deer and how its struggles and exertion tenderizes its meat. This cruel reference is slight‚ but if noticed‚ adds a tone to the piece as it implies torture. This cynical tone can be sensed especially at the end when Dillard calls the creature a “poor little

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    The Chase

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    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

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    Dillard asks questions eight times throughout the piece. She asks rhetorical questions to evoke the human mind to inquire about existential issues. She isn’t forcing her beliefs upon the reader‚ but rather discreetly asks the reader to consider her perspective. Dillard isn’t looking for an answer‚ but rather‚ she is trying to prove a point. 6. In paragraph 15‚ Dillard states “I could very calmly go wild‚” as well as in paragraph 7‚

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    beautiful also be so terrifying and destructive?” In Anne Dillard’s “Jest and Earnest‚” Dillard attempts to discuss this very quality of nature and its components‚ along with the purpose of nature and its process of creation and death. Nature is an entity that possesses both beauty and destruction‚ both of which must work together to maintain the harmony of nature‚ through the process of creation and death. Dillard illustrates many examples of the co-existence of destruction and beauty in nature. First

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    Purpose Dillard writes this book both to reflect on her life and the life of other people‚ whose life is drowned with confusion in their relationship with God. Dillard constantly asks herself the question‚ which the intended audiences might also often ask‚ why didn’t God do anything to eliminate the tragedies and make a world in accordance to the kind of perfect world where peace and comfortness pervade? The purpose‚ then‚ is to answer these questions through the life story of a moth and Julie Norwich:

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    it has on our lives. Much like this event‚ one of the biggest aspects that Dillard addresses and looks into‚ if not the main aspect‚ in Pilgrim at Tinker Creek specifically‚ the chapter The Present is whether or not the world and nature have a higher purpose and meaning in the everyday lives of people. This chapter specifically deals with the importance of the present and what it may add to the idea of life’s meaning. Dillard describes numerous experiences she’s had in the past to portray the bond

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    and excitement of discovering while observing either learning ‚perusing oneself or even such thing as discovering a penny. Dillard discusses the experience of discovery in the following article about the joy of a penny: “Seeing” (From Pilgrim at Tinker Creek‚ Harper Perennial‚ 1974). She mentions about her impulsive curiosity in hiding pennies for people to find. Dillard acknowledges that people who are cultivated in a healthy poverty and something as simple as a penny is a possible award that

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    Religious Discrimination. Mary‚ a devout Roman Catholic‚ worked for Dillard Department Stores. Dillard considered Mary a productive employee because her sales exceeded $200‚000 a year. At the time‚ the store gave its managers the discretion to grant unpaid leave to employees‚ but prohibited vacations or leave during the holiday season

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    Reflective Essay

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    Korinne Sciorsci Writing Studies I Mr. Gomez Reflective Essay During my first writing studies class in college as an English major I feel like I have accomplished a variety of goals I once thought were unattainable. I have not only grown as a writer and a student‚ but as a person as well. I feel that through my experience of this English course‚ I have gained the knowledge and confidence it takes to step out into the real world. I learned a lot in this composition class. I learned about how

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    Early Memory

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    Santos and Roth: Both are about immigration and their life. Even though it was hard but with good memories. Like all immigrant‚ they came to this country for better 2. Alice Walker “Beauty: When the Other Dancer is the self” 55-61 3. Annie Dillard “An American Childhood” 110-116 Respond: Analyze Dillard’s character study of her mother – indirectly‚ of herself 4. Exercise #1 earlier memory – Chinese New Year Memories of Chinese New Year Growing up hapa meant celebrating the

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