Annie Dillad "Total Eclipse" Essay

Assignment 1

Annie Dillard Essay “Total Eclipse” is an amazing work of art. She manages to capture the basic foundations of reaching or achieving the self actualization most people only dream.

She has attempted and succeeds in questioning the foundation of one’s belief system. In more cases than not, the belief system is a combination of traditions and knowledge. The pending questions that weigh heavy and rock every individual is whats' most important, knowledge or traditions.

I view her story as a symbolic writing that uses references, inferences, and abstractions to relay very important idea which cannot easily be discussed. It is difficult to talk about what one may or may not believe as a driving motivator. She has managed to evoke ideas which run, bounce, and peck the interest of those whom are willing to open up to those simple ideas.