Notes for Dillard Seeing Literature & Language Book Review

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In Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, Annie Dillard highlighted seeing as one of the ways to understand the world around and meaning. The way people perceive the world is the way they explain what they see. People have no control over light and dark, related to the way people narrated her ideas based on their visions and the meaning of sight. The girl who was formerly blind is the focus of the chapter on seeing, and describes how having vision was transformative as she sought to experience what she did not know about before she could see.

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  Light influences vision
  

Gazing at the natural world provides insights into the world and is like a holy act since it is the seer’s vision and mind, which influences what they describe. In any case, keeping a watchful eye around the surroundings made easier to scrutini...