Dillard's Narrative Analysis

In “Living Like Weasels,” author Annie Dillard’s idea is that humans can benefit from living wild as a weasel. I strongly agree because to live wild like a weasel is to live mindless, free and focused. With these living abilities we as humans will be able get closer to our aspirations in life and do whatever means necessary to get there.

Everyone has a favorite animal. Some admire lions and tigers because they exude dominance and power. Others prefer dogs and cats because they make great companions. Although there are thousands of animals to extol, most would not even think about weasels. These creatures are small, overlooked, and have a negative connotation. Calling someone a weasel is an insult: it means they are untrustworthy. However, in the essay, “Living Like Weasels,” Annie Dillard writes about how an encounter with a weasel changed her life. Dillard uses parallelism and unique rhetorical strategies to show how people should find inspiration to live life in a more fulfilling manner.

Annie Dillard's "Seeing" demonstrates the intricacies of Dillard's relationship between the true place of matter in our world and how expectations and preconceptions shape how that matter is defined.

Creatures seem to propagate life unnecessarily, flinging life out there just to die. Dillard describes this by using aphids as an example. She says: “The faster death goes, the faster evolution goes. If an aphid lays a million eggs, several might survive. Now, my right hand, in all its human cunning, could not make one aphid in a thousand years” (Dillard,). She is amazed by how many eggs an aphid can produce so effortlessly, yet us humans cannot create a single one ourselves. This allegory compares this seemingly wasteful evolution of other species, to the lack of ability for us humankind to do so on such a large scale. She also mentions that only several might survive, which again show the apparent wastefulness of producing such a large amount

In the essay “Living like Weasels”, the author Annie Dillard wrote about her first encounter after she saw a real wild weasel for the first time in her life. The story began when she went to Hollins Pond which is a remarkable place of shallowness where she likes to go at sunset and sit on a tree trunk. Dillard traced the motorcycle path in all gratitude through the wild rose up in to high grassy fields and while she was looking down, a weasel caught her eyes attention; he was looking up at her too. The weasel was ten inches long, thin as a curve, a muscled ribbon, brown as fruitwood, soft-furred, and alert. His face was fierce, small, pointed as Lizard’s, and with two black eyes. They exchanged the glances as

Dillard Wayne Early Jr., a Southern boy who has faced countless setbacks and casualties throughout his life, looks towards his close companions, Travis and Lydia, to save him from complete darkness. Son to a Pentecostal minister known infamously as the Serpent King, Dill is faced with consequences as he is looked down upon by those around him due to his father’s drastic faith. With his senior year of his high school, Forrestville High, coming to a halt, Dillard is left with very few opportunities for his future. As Dill’s mother presses him to live a simple life and help work to pay off their debts, and his father demands Dill to follow his faith and succumb to the poisonous vipers, his relationship with his father and mother slowly wither

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In Annie Dillard’s essay “Living Like Weasels” she describes her encounter with a wild weasel. Dillard conveys the idea that humans live so much by choice it is becoming a burden, and that we need to live more through necessity. By focusing on purpose you will prosper more in life. Dillard stresses the idea that humans should live more like weasels by comparing man vs. nature and a weasel’s natural instinct.

Annie Dillard decided to name her essay Living Like Weasels in order to express her respect of the weasels’ way of life and how someday she hopes to emulate it. Annie first expresses her respect for the weasel when she recalls the story of the eagle and the weasel’s skull, this example showed how obedient a weasel is and how it sticks to its instincts. Next Annie shows her desire to live like a weasel when she compliments them repeatedly on their simple way of life. And lastly and perhaps the most striking way Annie shows us that she wants to live like a weasel is when she actually imagines her self grabbing a weasel and being brought down underground to live with them. While the tile of the essay might first be quite shocking, after reading

The essay “Living Like Weasels” is written by Annie Dillard. Dillard appears to be an eccentric nature lover who’s trying to make sense of her life. She proclaims that we should live like weasels because they live only by their one necessity. At first, this does seem like an admirable way to live. We often perceive weasels as these small, innocent creatures that can do no harm to us. Besides, what harm could an animal 7 ounces heavy and the size of our finger do? It’s easy to see why Annie Dillard would want us to live like weasels. After all, these creatures live with a sense of simplicity by chasing after their one necessity. By living like weasels we are able to live without a bias. Dillard sees that finding our one necessity is crucial to survival. She wants us to “stalk” our one necessity and see where it takes us without interfering with it. Dillard encourages this philosophy onto the reader, presenting it as the best way to live life and maybe even the only to live. (Dillard 15)

In Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye, Salinger creates a unique narration through the way Holden speaks. In The Catcher in the Rye, Salinger reveals the inner Holden Caufield through the style of Salinger's writing. Salinger writes the book as if Holden Caulfield speaks directly through the reader, like a kid telling a story to his friends. Like with most conversations, there is more to infer from not only the speaker says, but also how the speaker says it. In the book, readers can infer that Holden is much more than a cynical kid. In reality, he is "too affectionate" and "very emotional" (76), much like his little sister Phoebe.