In this story “The Chase” from the book An American Childhood written by Annie Dillard (1987) claims that she could have died happy for nothing has required so much of her since being chased all over Pittsburgh in the middle of winter with her childhood friend, Mikey Fahey. In the story she shares with us how, when she was seven years old, a man chased them in silence over picket fences, through thorny hedges, between houses, around garbage cans and across streets because they threw a snowball at his black Buick. Dillard gives us the opportunity to imagine them running as fast and as hard as possible to get away from the angry man. She also expresses the joy she got from one of her favorite childhood memories.
This story was lighthearted and a pleasant read. Even though it was only three pages long it gave a lot of information. Dillard gives a lot of detail as to how she felt when she finally stopped running. You can tell in her from the way she wrote that she really enjoyed this childhood memory. She makes you think back to your own favorite childhood memory. Dillard shares her thoughts on how her and Mikey listened perfunctorily to the furious skinny red-headed man and in their minds the only point was that he had chased them passionately without giving up. In that moment she was cherishing her own excitement. You can feel the excitement by the progression of the story; it goes from slow and uneventful to full of excitement within minutes. She didn't let her story become bogged down with the background information that lead up to that day. Dillard gives just enough information on how she ended up there that day.
After reading this story it feels like Dillard is reminiscing on how much fun she had as a child. As a child she didn’t have many fears and the worst thing that would happen if they got caught for throwing snow was someone would “chew us out”. (Paragraph 20 sentence 7) And once they stopped running the only words the man could muster up was “You stupid kids” and a speech given more out of obligation than anything. Even after they were caught she could only think of how excited she had been and the fun she'd had.
This story was lighthearted and a pleasant read. Even though it was only three pages long it gave a lot of information. Dillard gives a lot of detail as to how she felt when she finally stopped running. You can tell in her from the way she wrote that she really enjoyed this childhood memory. She makes you think back to your own favorite childhood memory. Dillard shares her thoughts on how her and Mikey listened perfunctorily to the furious skinny red-headed man and in their minds the only point was that he had chased them passionately without giving up. In that moment she was cherishing her own excitement. You can feel the excitement by the progression of the story; it goes from slow and uneventful to full of excitement within minutes. She didn't let her story become bogged down with the background information that lead up to that day. Dillard gives just enough information on how she ended up there that day.
After reading this story it feels like Dillard is reminiscing on how much fun she had as a child. As a child she didn’t have many fears and the worst thing that would happen if they got caught for throwing snow was someone would “chew us out”. (Paragraph 20 sentence 7) And once they stopped running the only words the man could muster up was “You stupid kids” and a speech given more out of obligation than anything. Even after they were caught she could only think of how excited she had been and the fun she'd had.
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