Essays Tagged: "Tinker Creek"

Gods creation

God's Creation In Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, Annie Dillard uses her personal experiences to show the relationship between God and n ... to shrivel. While lying there a certain gut-sucking bug stole the frog's life. In Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, there are many metaphors that offer insight to human beliefs and development. The them ...

(1 pages) 47 0 4.1 Jan/2005

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Anthropology

Pennies In The Woods

e were two major concepts that stood out to me: first was the hiding of the pennies, and second was Tinker Creek. These two themes are what Dillard uses mainly in this essay, and they contribute to th ... in life that enrich our lives. Like the pennies and the green ray, the way Dillard describes Tinker Creek as a big natural metaphor for the real world, is quite deep and somewhat vague. She des ...

(4 pages) 1699 0 0.0 Nov/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Dillard And Hurston: A Comparison

ame theme as the one found in Hurton's, but depicts it by saying, "Then one day I was walking along Tinker Creek thinking nothing at all and I saw the tree with the lights in it. I saw the backyard ce ...

(3 pages) 13 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry