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.
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