from an american childhood annie dillard

Sherlock Holmes inspires her to become more deliberate in her observations, and the various biographies of famous individuals such as Andrew Carnegie and the French symbolist poets become central to the formation of her social conscience. The book Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson ignites her sense of imagination. These books are also critical to her development as a person as each book that she reads makes an immense impact upon her. Throughout the novel she makes several literary references, evidence that she is indeed a voracious reader. BooksĪnnie seems to have been born with an innate and insatiable curiosity about the world around her and unsurprisingly she is a heavy reader, devouring books of all sorts with a great gusto. These accounts are necessary not just to give the reading audience a sense of chronological progression but also an idea of Annie’s intellectual, emotional, and social maturation. The book is full of descriptions of places, people, sensations, and nuances of emotions she experiences growing up, all noted in painstaking detail. It is not surprising that a memoir is full of narratives of events in the past told through the perspective of a younger, more headstrong Annie Dillard. We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own. These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community.

From an american childhood annie dillard