![]() ![]() She spoke about her mother in a childlike manner, telling the story just how it happened, without sugar-coating rather in a child’s innocence she placed her mother in the rightful pedestal. Her adoration of the man with principles he stood for may not have been directly pointed out but they were clearly expressed as the writer saw through the eyes of a child. She spoke about the importance of choosing family over one’s dreams through her mention of her father who painfully decided to give up his personal dreams to protect his family from the dangers of what would come from the talk of the people. ![]() Her story portrays a variety of lessons about family living, of chasing dreams and fatherhood, gentleness and motherhood, racism, respect and discipline. It presented her world from a child’s point of view where an adult reader would be amazed at just how one child would be as full of wisdom and insight as Annie. An American Childhood: Meaning and Style Full Annie Dillard’s An American Childhood is a short story that paints the colorful childhood memories of the author about her family and neighborhood as she vividly recalls them. ![]()
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