Annie Dillard is one of my absolute favorite authors! She won the Pulitzer prize for her book of essays called
A Pilgrim at Tinker Creek at the age of 29. I call her the modern-day Thoreau, except the difference between the two is that she's a better writer! Critics often draw comparisons between Dillard and Thoreau. "It's a real honor to be compared to a great writer like Thoreau," she said. However, Thoreau has influenced her life in more ways than one. Dillard explained how she met her husband, Bob Richardson. "He wrote a book about Henry David Thoreau. About 40 pages in, I realized that I was going to have to write this guy a fan letter." She wrote the letter and invited him to call if he found himself out East. "And so he came East, we had lunch, and then we got married," she said. "That was about nine years ago."
1. After reading the excerpt I gave you, I'd like you to find one connection between the two writers. You can think about her subject (what she's writing about), her themes, her style, tone, or other similarity. Describe the similarity or connection you can make and explain.
2. Then, pick your favorite line from the passage and share it. Why do you like it? She's full of great ideas. Enjoy!
the connection i got from them to is that the way they see life. she states that you can "live any way you want". thoreou said to live your life the way you want not what others want. this is there connection.
ReplyDelete"our look was as if two lovers, or deadly enimies , met inexpectedly on an overgrown path when each had been thinking of something else: a clearing blow to the gut." i like this quote because it explains the scene. it gives it a clear image in your head and the way she worded it was great.
The two writers are similar because they base their writings on events in their own life. Dillard brings up a point in her life and explains it in as much detail as she can, and wonders about it by asking questions, which is something Thoreau would do to get a better understanding and observation of it.
ReplyDeleteI liked the part on page 124 that started with "Weasel!" and ended with, "He had two black eyes I did not see, any more than you see a window" which stood out the most because I agreed and understood what she was talking about there. But that paragraph included many amusing descriptions, and did show a good use of literary technique.
1)As I was reading I found that both or the writers had the same sort of idea about life. In “living like weasels” she talks about how in life you chose your own path and you have to go out and live that path yourself. With Thoreau he is all about self-reliance and that really is what she is talking about.
ReplyDelete2)I like the line where it says that “down is out, out of your ever-loving mind and back to your careless senses.” This I liked because of how I interpreted the meaning to be. I think that it is talking about how you have to live your life and not ‘look’ down or away from what you are doing. You just have to keep going on and if you don’t you get trapped in a body with no sense of anything.
1.I believe that these two writers- Annie Dillard and Thoreau are similar in their writing style. They both use a surplus amount of metaphors in their writing. They both also write about life, and being original. Thoreau demonstrates relying on one’s self and being independent while Dillard demonstrates originality.
ReplyDelete2.My favorite line in this passage would be “I would like to learn, or remember, how to live.” This is my favorite line because Dillard seems to be saying that she has forgotten the true meaning of life. She wants to grasp life by the hand and not waste any time, nor be misguided by the common distractions.
1.my connection is that when the two were looking at each other i reminded me of when i look at some one because some time i know what their thinking.
ReplyDelete2.the line i like is on page 123 ant the line is " i startled a weasel who startled me, and we exchanged a long glance". i like this line because some tim we some one startles you you some times startle them to.