10-15 Things that I learned from "Pilgrim at Tinder Creek" by Annie Dillard:
Chapter Six: The Present
1. The first sentence in Chapter Six was italicized, and it was the same sentence as the last sentence of Chapter Five.
2. This chapter takes place in early March.
3. The phrase on page 79, "I am absolutely alone" Dillard was not actually alone, but actually she was alone in her own space.
4. An alliteration on page 79, "alive and awesome with a brilliant blown lights" was a consonance alliteration.
5. I learned that lope is a slow jog.
6. On page 79, "purple vaults" the color purple is used as shadows.
7. A juxtaposition is found on page 79, and it was "the air cools; the puppy's skin is hot".
8. In Chapter Six, she goes from consciousness to self-consciousness.
9. Dillard thinks that innocence is like a hound. (conceit)
10. On page 84, "color-patches" is a motif from Chapter Two: Seeing.
Saturday, June 28, 2014
Friday, June 27, 2014
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek: Chapter Five
10-15 Things that I learned from "Pilgrim at Tinder Creek" by Annie Dillard:
Chapter Five: Untying the Knot
1. This chapter still takes place in February.
2. I wonder how come the first sentence in every chapter is italicized.
3. In the beginning of the chapter, Dillard kinda goes back to the beauty is pain theme.
4. Dillard used a simile on page 74, "the skin had been pulled inside-out like a peeled sock for several inches".
5. Dillard used another simile on page 74, "wrinkles, looking exactly like a knot".
6. Dillard also used a simile on page 76, "the earth absorbs and releases heat slowly, like a leviathan breathing".
7. Dillard used a list on page 77, "trapped, slowed, grasped, fetched, peeled, or aimed:.
8. I learned what a hooped snake is.
9. Some themes in Chapter Five are wheels, circles eternity, and the continuity of time.
10. I learned who Nebuchadnezzar is.
Chapter Five: Untying the Knot
1. This chapter still takes place in February.
2. I wonder how come the first sentence in every chapter is italicized.
3. In the beginning of the chapter, Dillard kinda goes back to the beauty is pain theme.
4. Dillard used a simile on page 74, "the skin had been pulled inside-out like a peeled sock for several inches".
5. Dillard used another simile on page 74, "wrinkles, looking exactly like a knot".
6. Dillard also used a simile on page 76, "the earth absorbs and releases heat slowly, like a leviathan breathing".
7. Dillard used a list on page 77, "trapped, slowed, grasped, fetched, peeled, or aimed:.
8. I learned what a hooped snake is.
9. Some themes in Chapter Five are wheels, circles eternity, and the continuity of time.
10. I learned who Nebuchadnezzar is.
- Wheels, circles eternity, continuity of time
Saturday, June 21, 2014
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek: Chapter Four
10-15 Things that I learned from "Pilgrim at Tinder Creek" by Annie Dillard:
Chapter Four: The Fixed
1. This chapter still takes place in February.
2. Dillard talks about how it is hard to see shadows, but that it is easy to see light and darkness (enlightenment).
3. Dillard refers back to her previous chapters for themes, such as galaxies and cosmos.
4. There was a good amount of similes, metaphors, oxymorons, and juxtapositions in this chapter.
5. Dillard uses colors for her adjectives to describe or compare something.
Example: pg 56 "smooth green face"
6. A main theme in this chapter was that Dillard prefers to let nature be.
7. On page 58, she uses "pure white" as a color to suggest purity in nature, then uses "red clay" to suggest pain, blood. Dillard is using a couple of warmer colors in this chapter.
8. I learned what a concertina is.
9. Dillard used rhyme on page 59, "catch the hatch".
10. I learned that the number "three" is known in religion as perfectness or holiness.
Chapter Four: The Fixed
1. This chapter still takes place in February.
2. Dillard talks about how it is hard to see shadows, but that it is easy to see light and darkness (enlightenment).
3. Dillard refers back to her previous chapters for themes, such as galaxies and cosmos.
4. There was a good amount of similes, metaphors, oxymorons, and juxtapositions in this chapter.
5. Dillard uses colors for her adjectives to describe or compare something.
Example: pg 56 "smooth green face"
6. A main theme in this chapter was that Dillard prefers to let nature be.
7. On page 58, she uses "pure white" as a color to suggest purity in nature, then uses "red clay" to suggest pain, blood. Dillard is using a couple of warmer colors in this chapter.
8. I learned what a concertina is.
9. Dillard used rhyme on page 59, "catch the hatch".
10. I learned that the number "three" is known in religion as perfectness or holiness.
Friday, June 20, 2014
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek: Chapter Three
10-15 Things that I learned from "Pilgrim at Tinder Creek" by Annie Dillard:
Chapter Three: Winter
1. This chapter takes place in early February.
2. Like Chapter Two, in Chapter Three Dillard used a lot of trappers, hunters, novelists, and other important people as a reference.
3. Dillard might have actually been a seamstress....because she compared a few types of fabrics to nature, especially animals.
4. Dillard enjoys puns.
5. On page 40, "mountains' bones poke through, all shoulder and knob and shin" it is a personification.
6. On page 45, "the light is diffuse and hueless, like the light on paper inside on paper inside a pewter bowl" it is a simile.
7. Dillard uses sensory (sound) words on page 50, "it made a thin, metallic sound like foil beating foil".
8. The spider Dillard chose to use in her novel is an "Orb Weaving Spider". She might have chosen this spider because of its orb-like shape like a galaxy or something.
9. Dillard uses syntax on page 53, "things out of place are ill".
10. Dillard believes that humans should not have control over animals.
Tuesday, June 17, 2014
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek: Chapter Two
10-15 Things that I learned from "Pilgrim at Tinder Creek" by Annie Dillard:
This chapter was longer than the last chapter. Chapter Two seemed easier to read. So far by reading this book, it got me thinking some really deep thoughts.
Chapter Two: Seeing
1. This chapter takes place in January.
2. Dillard refers to a lot of artists and other people for inspiration.
3. On page 16, "a free gift from the universe"....I wonder if she is referring to herself as the universe through symbolism.
4. People in the world focuses on the complexities in life, rather than to enjoy the simplicities in life.
5. On page 18, "dancer who for my eyes only flings away her seven veils" is an allusion to the biblical dance in the Old testament.
6. I learned what an extended metaphor is.
7. There was some imagery in Chapter Two, as well as dark imagery.
8. People who collect certain objects would see more value in the objects they collect than people who do not.
9. In order to see space, you first need to understand light and darkness.
10. There was duality in this chapter, and it was vision vs. sight.
This chapter was longer than the last chapter. Chapter Two seemed easier to read. So far by reading this book, it got me thinking some really deep thoughts.
Chapter Two: Seeing
1. This chapter takes place in January.
2. Dillard refers to a lot of artists and other people for inspiration.
3. On page 16, "a free gift from the universe"....I wonder if she is referring to herself as the universe through symbolism.
4. People in the world focuses on the complexities in life, rather than to enjoy the simplicities in life.
5. On page 18, "dancer who for my eyes only flings away her seven veils" is an allusion to the biblical dance in the Old testament.
6. I learned what an extended metaphor is.
7. There was some imagery in Chapter Two, as well as dark imagery.
8. People who collect certain objects would see more value in the objects they collect than people who do not.
9. In order to see space, you first need to understand light and darkness.
10. There was duality in this chapter, and it was vision vs. sight.
Friday, June 13, 2014
Pilgrim at Tinder Creek: Chapter One
10-15 Things that I learned from "Pilgrim at Tinder Creek" by Annie Dillard:
When first read this book, I really did not understand much from the chapter at all. I think that this book is too deep in meaning and had an extreme amount of philosophy. I understood the book a lot better after the discussion. I managed to somewhat get the main idea of the novel.
Chapter One: Heaven and Earth in Jest
1. Dillard used a handful of literary devices to describe mainly nature, life, and death.
Example of Simile: "And suddenly the light runs across the land like a comber..." (12)
2. The creek in the water represented purification; referred to the Old Testament.
3. Like the water in the creek meant purification, the sycamore tree symbolized communication.
4. The author liked to use contrasts, such as heaven and earth.
5. An anchor-hold is what keeps you in place. For the narrator's case, her house is her anchor-hold to keep her in the creek/Virginia.
6. A bivouac is a temporary camp. She seems to use that word quite often.
7. When the narrator mentioned 'the oracle', in way she was referring to herself as insightful and wise.
8. I learned what an alliteration is.
Example of an Alliteration: "....ruck, and rumple" (8)
9. The narrator never really answer her own questions.
10. There was a lot of imagery in Chapter One.
When first read this book, I really did not understand much from the chapter at all. I think that this book is too deep in meaning and had an extreme amount of philosophy. I understood the book a lot better after the discussion. I managed to somewhat get the main idea of the novel.
Chapter One: Heaven and Earth in Jest
1. Dillard used a handful of literary devices to describe mainly nature, life, and death.
Example of Simile: "And suddenly the light runs across the land like a comber..." (12)
2. The creek in the water represented purification; referred to the Old Testament.
3. Like the water in the creek meant purification, the sycamore tree symbolized communication.
4. The author liked to use contrasts, such as heaven and earth.
5. An anchor-hold is what keeps you in place. For the narrator's case, her house is her anchor-hold to keep her in the creek/Virginia.
6. A bivouac is a temporary camp. She seems to use that word quite often.
7. When the narrator mentioned 'the oracle', in way she was referring to herself as insightful and wise.
8. I learned what an alliteration is.
Example of an Alliteration: "....ruck, and rumple" (8)
9. The narrator never really answer her own questions.
10. There was a lot of imagery in Chapter One.
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