It's Not Talent Annie Dillard Analysis

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In It's Not Talent ; It's just work Annie Dillard's is trying to inform us that life is not as bad as we think it is . Dillard's explain " you do it for love and respect , for your your own life ; the world ; and you do it for love and respect for task it's self . I do alot of things to get to get my respect so I felt that would be something similar to what's going on in It's Not Talent ; It's Just Work . You do it for love and respect for your own life .I do alot of things helpful to get my respect " I didn't like it at first , but now I do ".

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