Annie Dillard's Analysis

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Throughout this essay Annie Dillard uses many similes to give readers a more precise mental image of what the airplane looked like as it was flying through sky. In the essay Dillard describes, “The plane looped the loop, seeming to arch its back like a gymnast.” In this simile, Dillard compare the airplane to a gymnast. This affects the essay because readers think of a gymnast, spinning and moving in ways human should not be able to move, just as the plane was spinning in a way planes do not normally move. Dillard also explains, “The other pilots could do these stunts too... But Rahm used the plane inexhaustibly, like a brush marking thin air.” In this quote, Dillard is explain how other pilots can fly too, but Rahm makes flying an art. This

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