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Analysis of Dillard. By: Sierra Cotton and Andrew Schunter. On a Hill Far Away. Placement. Good placement builds on the idea of listening to what your surroundings can teach you from Teaching a Stone to Talk Leads into the idea of perspective taught in Lenses. Purpose/Main idea.
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Analysis of Dillard By: Sierra Cotton and Andrew Schunter
Placement • Good placement • builds on the idea of listening to what your surroundings can teach you from Teaching a Stone to Talk • Leads into the idea of perspective taught in Lenses
Purpose/Main idea • People want someone to listen to them in order to feel important and because of their need for human contact • Purpose is shown in how insistent the boy is in holding a conversation with Dillard • (Alternative) She is skeptical of the Christian people • Purpose is achieved through the reflection of the boy’s mother, the description of the property, and the boy’s attitude.
Transcendentalist Moments • Throughout On a Hill Far Away, these moments can be seen in the description of the creek and farm, and how they are beautiful despite the barb fence.
Emblematic Imagery • The boy represents the need for human contact. • The boy is used because children are perfect examples of human clinginess, something most readers can relate to. • The Christians had the barbed wire fence to keep people out. • Used because it shows the division we make between ourselves as humans
Rhetorical Techniques • On a Hill: Barbed wire fence – Symbol • Used to present the barrier always present between people • Repetition: page 98 • Emphasizes the way the mother behaved, which explains the boy’s attitude • Rhetorical Questions: page 99 • Expresses her thoughts on the boy
Power Moment/Emotive Language • Power Moment • None (as far as we can tell) • Emotive Language • None again (we could be wrong though)
Syntactical Structure/Diction • Syntax: periodic mixed with simple and complex • Used to simplify the deliverance of the message to her readers • Diction: simple yet complex in meaning
Tone/Tone shifts • Tone: Overall tone-Skeptical • Shift: Skepticism to sympathy • Seen when the boy discusses his encounter with a snake
Placement • Good placement • builds off of On a Hill’s perspective idea
Purpose/Main Idea • Depending on the way you perceive nature, you will have a different understanding of your surroundings and life. • Achieved through two examples, the algae and the swans.
Transcendentalists Moments • Throughout Lenses, transcendentalist moments can be seen the beauty of the life and death of the algae, and the description of the swans.
Emblematic Imagery • The microscope and binoculars are emblematic in showing how we view life, represented by the algae and swans. • Used because of each person a different perspective based on the what tools they have to view life
Rhetorical Techniques • Lenses: Anaphora of “in” page 105 • Presents the setting to the readers, allowing them to form an image in their mind • Alliteration: Brittle blur… darkened and diminished page 106 • Demonstrates how perspective can make the beauty of an object disappear • Imagery: page 107 • Perspective can change your viewpoint of nature
Power Moment/Emotive Language • Power Moment: Death of algae and when the swans fly away • Shows how the beauty of life can disappear so quickly • Emotive Lang: “How I loved that deep, wet world where the colored algae waved in the water and the rotifers swam!” (page 104) • Shows her fascination with viewing life
Syntactical Structure/ Diction • Syntax: cumulative and complex • Dillard presents the main idea and then builds upon it in order to add perspective • Diction: Simple yet complex in meaning
Tone/Tone Shifts • Tone: Captivated • Shift: Gleeful to awe • Seen in transition from algae to swans.
Good example?/Organizational • Dillard gives good description allows reader to create the image in their mind • Organization: Different from others by providing more flow through the lack of dividing parts like those seen in The Polar Expedition
Closing Comments • Provides excellent imagery and description • She is a good example of a emblematic writer, though she loses the audiences at times • Similar to Thoreau in their use of simplicity and their thoughts as transcendentalists