Living Like Weasels Rhetorical Analysis In her essay "Living Like Weasels", Annie Dillard explores the idea of following a single calling in life, and attaching one's self it this calling as the weasel on Ernest Thompson Seton's eagle had. I come to Hollins Pond not so much to learn how to live as, frankly, to forget about it. Under every bush is a muskrat hole or a beer can. But we don't. U ! We can live any way we want. Dillard endures great thought on this quick encounter, reflecting upon every possible meaning about the weasels sudden flee, but maybe her life would be simpler and less thought provoking if she were to act instinctively, and flee from things she didnt fully comprehend. How can you make crisp, sharp points on a collar? Although Merricat is mentally unstable, her outsiders perspective criticizes the social standard for women in the 1960s, indicating that social roles, marriage, and the patriarchy are not necessary aspects in life such as it is not necessary to have the same outlook on life as others. Rifkin says that most animals engaged all kind of learning, Rifkin in paragraph 15 wants to make us get in our emotions and he says, So what does all of this portend for the way we treat our fellow creatures? Rifkin believes that a lot of animals are in the most inhumane, The animals behaviors subsequent to the zebras death not only reflect animal instinct but portray human-like traits as well. As the class stares at her, she overcomes this nervousness and takes control of the situation. ! That is, I don't think I can learn from a wild animal how to live in particular--shall I suck warm blood, hold my tail high, walk with my footprints precisely over the prints of my hands?--but I might learn something of mindlessness, something of the purity of living in the physical sense and the dignity of living without bias or motive. Teachers can use discussions to model and reinforce how to learn vocabulary from contextual clues, and students must be held accountable for engaging in this practice. : Annie Dillards Teaching a Stone toTalk, Annie Dillards Living Like Weasels and On a Hill FarAway, Tempo, rhythm, and pacing in TGM Scene 6 (Scene 7 postbelow), Characterization via Relationships in TGM Scenes4-5. Asking students to listen to Living Like Weasels exposes them a second time to the rhythms and meaning of Dillards language before they begin their own close reading of the passage. Our eyes locked, and someone threw away the key. You made very good points about the juxtaposition between conscious choice and instinctual choice in Living Like Weasels. By simplifying her experience and presenting a reasonable explanation for why she wanted to. Butler shows the lack of attention they receive and over exaggerates the problem in order to show the extreme consequences if it is not properly addressed. Her last thought, run, makes me believe that Dillard is not completely comfortable with the idea that the Lord is her personal savior. Humanity is one of the many virtues we as humans believe we are born with. The second essay called "Nature" by Ralph Waldo Emerson. I agree that Dillard earns for a simpler life. pBl J" " b O 0  0 U l" F U In fact, Dillard enjoyed [playing] at the creek, and pondering the beauty of the boys remarkable [formality] and articulate, speech (96)But ultimately, she understood that she had to go (100). Most of humanity crumbles under obstacles and instead attempts to embark on easier tasks. A weasel doesn't "attack" anything; a weasel lives as he's meant to, yielding at every moment to the perfect freedom of single necessity. Appendix A: Extension Readings The Fish by Elizabeth Bishop I caught a tremendous fishand held him beside the boathalf out of water, with my HYPERLINK "http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-fish/"hookfast in a corner of his mouth.He didn't fight.He hadn't fought at all.He hung a grunting weight,battered and venerableand homely. I was stunned into stillness twisted backward on the tree trunk. "Living Like Weasels" by Annie Dillard Text-Dependent Questions 2. This story is only a small part of the events that would take place in Europe against Jews for years to come. In the introduction to Dillards short story, she discusses a few basic facts related to a weasels life and behavior. thin as a curve a muscled ribbon brown as fruitwood his face was fierce, small and pointed as a lizards he would have made a good arrowhead This analysis sets up a later question on similes and metaphors and helps to establish a tone of close reading for the day. Essentially, On a Hill Far Away was Dillards dj vu moment of her bizarre encounter with the weasel. [Reading intervening paragraphs.] The film Beasts of the Southern Wild and the novel Their Eyes Were Watching God have some critical similarities. While many questions addressing important aspects of the text double as questions about syntax, students should receive regular supported practice in deciphering complex sentences. We think, debate, and calculate each and every move while weasels just simply act. It is completely unsurprising to hear how only 6 percent of the population follows the routes they desire (Haltiwanger, 1). One naturalist refused to kill a weasel who was socketed into his hand deeply as a rattlesnake. In addition, for subsequent readings, high value academic (Tier Two) words have been bolded to draw attention to them. Accurate and skillful modeling of the reading provides students who may be dysfluent with accurate pronunciations and syntactic patterns of English. Teachers could end the discussion by pointing out that while the weasel doesnt think, it does keep a journal, segueing to that nights homework assignment Homework: In your journal, write an entry describing the effect of seeing the weasel. I come to Hollins Pond not so much to learn how to live as, frankly, to forget about it. But in the face of adversity an individual must either strive to fulfill their individual self-interests and ideas or abandon them to conform to authority. At other times, particularly with abstract words, teachers will need to spend more time explaining and discussing them. It show that the aboriginals did not understand how the Europeans ship could float and what the possums are seeing from the rabbits is the same., Because the society is still patriarchal, which means is still mainly ruled by men and the most important jobs such as managers are occupied mainly by men, it is hard for women to prove they are capable to do the same jobs as men. Now, in summer, the steers are gone. [Read intervening paragraphs.] Describe what is meant by being "stunned into stillness" drawing on evidence from paragraph 10. Macdonald fancies herself a changeling born of another world, the world of man being nothing but a place of discomfort and pain, she sees her only chance at a reprieve to return to a place of swaying trees and impenetrable fog where goshawks rule the sky, where wildness dwells and reigns supreme. What does a weasel think about? (Q17) Dillard also employs reflexive structures such as, I startled a weasel who startled me. Identify an additional instance of this. One can see this through her desire to be the center of attention., The types of personal characteristics that evolve in a persons mind and body are innate in everyone. The man could in no way pry the tiny weasel off, and he had to walk half a mile to water, the weasel dangling from his palm, and soak him off like a stubborn label. 200. Down is a good place to go, where the mind is single. As students move through these questions and reread Dillards Living Like Weasels, be sure to check for and reinforce their understanding of academic vocabulary in the corresponding text (which will be boldfaced the first time it appears in the text). to forget how to live learn something of mindlessness I would like to live as I should the purity of living in the physical sense open to time and death painlessly the dignity of living without bias or motive noticing everything, remembering nothing choosing the given with a fierce and pointed will (Q12) Find evidence for what Dillard means by living in necessity in paragraph 14, and put her ideas into your own words in a brief two or three sentence paraphrase to forgethow to live the purity of living in the physical sense mindlessness the dignity of living without bias or motive Insisting that students paraphrase Dillard at this point will solidify their understanding of Dillards message, as well as test their ability to communicate their understanding fluently in writing. What comparisons does Dillard make to describe the weasel in paragraph 8? Accurate and skillful modeling of the reading provides students who may be dysfluent with accurate pronunciations and syntactic patterns of English. ! Twisted Decoration that hangs from a necklace Indifference Solid earth Shaking Luxurious; Structure that juts out over the water Soft moss Without dignity Something said Flexible Used by permission of HarperCollins Publishers. His face was fierce, small and pointed as a lizard's; he would have made a good arrowhead. I could very calmly go wild. Ed. Using academic diction, Rifkin develops his main idea with evidence such as Caledonian crows being able to make tools to complete a task. Teachers might afford students the opportunity to rewrite their essay or revise their in-class journal entries after participating in classroom discussion, allowing them to refashion both their understanding of the text and their expression of that understanding. Inhumane acts may have, Objectification of the living animals also allows readers to sense the boredom and lifelessness of the animals. However, he refuses to get it amputated and attempts suicide by riding his horse through a line of fire during war. He examined the eagle and found the dry skull of a weasel fixed by the jaws to his throat. Teachers should engage in a close examination of such sentences to help students discover how they are built and how they convey meaning. Dillard's purpose is to show that we should go after our dreams no matter the cost, in order to accomplish the . In Living like Weasels Dillard tells a tale of an eagle who [gutted a] living weasel with his talons [and bended] his beak [to clean] the beautiful airborne bones (66). 16 We could, you know. As Dillard reflects on her encounter, At first the purpose of the passage Owls by Mary Oliver is difficult to pinpoint. By talking about how others see things differently from other in society . ! Which brings us back to the Wright is able to disregard the average day for humans and take a day to appreciate the true value of nature in its, Arguably his most powerful rhetorical strategy is a joint appeal to ethos and pathos. This essay has been submitted by a student. So. (Q5) What features of Hollins Pond does Dillard mention? The supposition is that the eagle had pounced on the weasel and the weasel swiveled and bit as instinct taught him, tooth to neck, and nearly won. I should have lunged for that streak of white under the weasel's chin and held on, held on through mud and into the wild rose, held on for a dearer life. He had two black eyes I didn't see, any more than you see a window. Are you curious why you enjoyed the book so much? Indifference Solid earth; Shaking Soft moss(Q4) Why is this shift to first person important? In other words, what is the effect of bracketing the discussion of Hollis Pond with mention of the weasel? ! Everything stays in the closet year after year whether it's worn or not. But we don't. His journal is tracks in clay, a spray of feathers, mouse blood and bone: uncollected, unconnected, loose leaf, and blown. The mystifying comparison between the daunting fear of nature and its impeccable beauty is in fact Olivers purpose., Nature captivates any human by its sheer beauty, however others may not see its beauty, rather its unnerving side. At what point does the author start speaking about herself? The hummingbird was an example of a person with the idea that living fast was smart. It also highlights the emphasis that Dillard is putting on this human involvement in the natural setting she just took the time to describe in paragraph 4. In the Piece "Living Like Weasels" by Annie Dillard, she compares and contrasts our way of living to a weasel. (Q18) Paragraphs 12 and 13 contain several questions instead of statements. no answers of the sort Weasels are wild because they live outdoors and are not pets). Introduce the passage and students read independently. Change), You are commenting using your Facebook account. ! Crime, such as murder, rape, and theft, run rampant to the point where no one is considered safe. Stunn. What is the focus of her observations? What is the purpose of these sentences? What features of a weasel's existence make it wild? I should have gone for the throatI should have lunged and mute and uncomprehending. (Q14) Dillard urges her readers to stalk your calling by plug[ging] into your purposeyet she describes this process as yielding, not fighting. What message is she trying to convey with these words? As students move through these questions and reread Dillards Living Like Weasels, be sure to check for and reinforce their understanding of academic vocabulary in the corresponding text (which will be boldfaced the first time it appears in the text). What instances in the text show a display of weasels being "obedient to instinct"? Some evidence that students might cite includes the following: a clearing blow to the gut it emptied our lungs the world dismantled a bright blow to the brain, or a sudden beating of brains the charge and intimate grate of rubbed balloons It felled the forest, moved the fields, and drained the pond I retrieved my brain from the weasel's brain my mind suddenly full of data and my spirit with pleadings the weasel and I both plugged into another tapeCan I help it if it was a blank?Day Three: Instructional Exemplar for Dillards Living Like Weasels Summary of Activities Teacher introduces the days passage with minimal commentary and students read it independently Teacher or skillful reader then reads the passage out loud to the class as students follow along in the text Teacher asks the class to discuss a set of text-dependent questions and to complete another journal entry Text Passage under DiscussionDirections for Teachers/Guiding Questions For Students14 I would like to learn, or remember, how to live. She brings up the theme of freedom and describes the way a weasel lives their everyday life with no regrets or fear. (Homework) In your journal, write an entry describing how Dillard connects the constructed world with the world of nature in paragraphs 5 and 6 of her essay. 1. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); What does it mean to live? This appears to create difficulties for the notion of what it is like to be a bat. Even with the circumstances, Piggy stayed on line and mature. 2. I startled a weasel who startled me, and we exchanged a long glance. I come to Hollins Pond not so much to learn how to live as, frankly, to forget about it. Who knows what he thinks? A yellow bird appeared to my right and flew behind me. He had two black eyes I didn't see, any more than you see a window. ! What does a weasel think about? 17 I think it would be well, and proper, and obedient, and pure, to grasp your one necessity and not let it go, to dangle from it limp wherever it takes you. Since it was her first encounter with such a mysterious creature, Dillard was obviously frustrated about her missedchance to snatch the weasel (69). This tree is excellent. Living Like Weasles Annie Dillard Short-story from Annie Dillard's 1982 book, "Teaching a Stone to Talk." The text was written focusing on descriptive imagery and diction. As students move through these questions and reread Dillards Living Like Weasels, be sure to check for and reinforce their understanding of academic vocabulary in the corresponding text (which will be boldfaced the first time it appears in the text). That is, I don't think I can learn from a wild animal how to live in particular--shall I suck warm blood, hold my tail high, walk with my footprints precisely over the prints of my hands?--but I might learn something of mindlessness, something of the purity of living in the physical sense and the dignity of living without bias or motive. This is yielding, not fighting. " $ $ &. 4 (Oct., 1974), 436, 438-9) PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 1 % & - . Nowlan portrays the idea that adversity is part of our lives, and this adversity shapes us as individuals. Explain the features of the weasels existence that would make it wild? Incontrovertibly, one of the first things one may notice upon reading the work, is the use of highly explicit imagery connecting her thoughts and ideologies. By reading and rereading the passage closely and focusing their reading through a series of questions and discussion about the text, students will be equipped to unpack Dillards essay. Who knows what he thinks? Why are friends and relatives not recommended as references? ! He ultimately ends up wanting to join them by being able to break into blossom (26-27), but he is unable to do so because he reached the maximum threshold of the union between humans and nature. In "Living like Weasels", Annie Dillard emphasizes, through imagery, repetition, and tone, the importance of living by instinct and pursuing one's calling. (Q7) Dillard is careful to place these opposing descriptions (of the natural and man made) side-by-side. What was the purpose of Dillard coming to Hollins Pond? (Q10) When she sees the weasel Dillard says, I've been in that weasel's brain for sixty seconds. What did she find there? For example when Hushpuppy got connected to nature she would hear a heartbeat or her mother talking to her. Sometimes he lives in his den for two days without leaving. "he had to walk half a mile to water, the weasel dangling from his palm, and soak him off like a stubborn label". " ! (LogOut/ She then continues on to tell of her actual sighting of the weasel., Annie Dillard's memoir, An American Childhood, details the author's growing up years and gives the reader many insights into herself. He sleeps in his underground den, his tail draped over his nose. Choosing one comparison would not have accomplished this feat. The supposition is that the eagle had pounced on the weasel and the weasel swiveled and bit as instinct taught him, tooth to neck, and nearly won. What features of Hollins Pond does Dillard mention? Annie Dillard - "Living Like Weasels" - Grades 11-12 (updated with Mini-Assessment) Learning Objective : The goal of this four-day exemplar, with a mini-assessment on day five, is to give students the opportunity to use the reading and writing habits they've been practicing on a regular basis to discover the rich language and life lesson . It is a five-minute walk in three directions to rows of houses, though none is visible here. 1-7:Describe the varied syntax and its effects in these lines. The group itself, In Living like Weasels, Annie Dillard uses numerous metaphors and similes to describe weasels in the wild. $ $ " ! And I suspect that for me the way is like the weasel's: open to time and death painlessly, noticing everything, remembering nothing, choosing the given with a fierce and pointed will. Some books we loved and even reread many times, and others - well lets just say did not even finish. In Larry Bakers novel, Louise and her brother, Abraham Isaac, start their first day at school at the age of twelve. [Reading intervening paragraphs.] 9. "he stalks". Obedient to instinct, he bites his prey at the neck, either splitting the jugular vein at the throat or crunching the brain at the base of the skull, and he does not let go. 1487 Words | 6 Pages. Dillard uses a vivid description of the landscape to draw you into her adventure. [Read intervening paragraphs.] Sometimes he lives in his den for two days without leaving. Our eyes locked, and someone threw away the key. Vocabulary for "Teenage Brains" and "Living L, quantitative chemistry key formulae and defin, 1.1 General Chem: MCAT study questions set #1. Nowlan suggests this idea through the character, Stephen and his struggle to conform to authority or pursue his ideas which suggests that humans often bring about changes to themselves in order to adapt to the environment they live in. Read the passage out loud to the class as students follow along in the text. I should have gone for the throat. The driver had the fawns life in his hands, and instead of sparing its life, he/she acted out of their humane and moral codes by killing the fawn. Could two live that way? The she-cat shivered and paused for a moment to survey they area, her fellow clan-mates halted and watched her with weary appearances, each thin and poignant. The goal is to foster student confidence when encountering complex text and to reinforce the skills they have acquired regarding how to build and extend their understanding of a text. A weasel lives its life the way it was created to, not questioning his motives, simply striking when the time is right. Human beings are creatures of caution and fear. We must consider whether any method will permit us to extrapolate to the inner life of the bat from our own case Our own experience provides the basic material for our imagination, whose range is therefore limited. Furthermore, the salaries and bonuses received by men are higher than those received by women, which reinforces the fact that not only the society, but also companies are. The thing is to stalk your calling in a certain skilled and supple way, to locate the most tender and live spot and plug into that pulse. The comparison of living breathing animals to inanimate objects suggest that the animals are the equivalent of an object in the current state they are in as they are so lifeless and dead, they can be mistaken for the respective things listed thus reinforcing the point that the animals are, "Living like Weasels" is a short essay, which describes Dillard's adventures in watching a weasel. 10 Our look was as if two lovers, or deadly enemies, met unexpectedly on an overgrown path when each had been thinking of something else: a clearing blow to the gut. This novel depicts a post-apocalyptic world where the United States has fallen into tremendous poverty. Boston, MA: Wadsworth Publishing, 2010. But that is not the question. Sometimes, to communicate with others or groups, it is a good idea for individuals to change themselves a little bit to fit with everyone else when necessary., This paper will compare and contrast two essays. In the short story Living Like Weasels authored by Annie Dillard, the role of a small, furry, brown-colored rodents life develops an extreme significance as the story progresses. Ask the class to answer a small set of text-dependent guided questions and perform targeted tasks about the passage, with answers in the form of notes, annotations to the text, or more formal responses as appropriate. Some people look at stuff with more meaning while other just look at it just for the simple things. A weasel is a creature of action and instinct. Outside, he rabbits, mice, muskrats, and birds, killing more stalks bodies than he can eat warm, and often dragging the carcasses home. Course Hero is not sponsored or endorsed by any college or university. Ultimately, Dillards goal in preventing herself from staying on the hill was to parallel her encounter with the weasel. When individuals are consumed by greed, like the White family, they must accept the consequences no matter how severe it is when it is something they truly seek in life. Reading Task: Rereading is deliberately built into the instructional unit. Feb 27, 2023February 27, 2023 / 0 Comments. Text Passage under DiscussionDirections for Teachers/Guiding Questions For Students3 I have been reading about weasels because I saw one last week. Dillard describes many of the things that molded her during her childhood years, including family, humor, nature, drawing, and sports. Another stylistic technique Dillard uses is juxtapositionplacing two contrasting images near each other to highlight the contrast between them. He gave the idea of making a sundial, which is a clock that represents order and discipline, two characteristics which the group of boys desperately need. This is yielding, not fighting. The cruel but alluring diction is done to illustrate Dillards fascination with the weasels willingness to cease from existence because of their commitment to its choices and lifestyle. Nationalism allowed countries in Europe to unite and become one but differences in identities including religion and cultural beliefs created, Everyone was born to be themselves, they have their own feelings, looks, and beliefs. two lovers, or deadly enemies very calmly go wild the perfect freedom of single necessity Examining how Dillard writes also serves the function of exploring the central paradox of the essaychoosing a life of necessity, or in Dillards particular case, reflectively writing about being inspired by the unreflective life of a weasel living by its instincts. It will not help to try to imagine that one has webbing on one's arms, which enables one to fly around at dusk and dawn catching insects in one's mouth; that one has very poor vision, and perceives the surrounding world by a system of reflected high-frequency sound signals; and that one spends the day hanging upside down by one's feet in an attic. ! We keep our skulls. Much like a weasel who is forced to hunt for food, they know precisely where to bite in order to, Furthermore, Rifkin discusses the cognitive abilities of animals, by informing us that learning is passed on from parent to offspring. (Q13) In paragraph 15, Dillard imagines going out of your ever-loving mind and back to your careless senses. What does she mean by careless in that sentence, and how is that reflected in the rest of the paragraph? This question harkens back to the journal entry students wrote and helps to emphasize the alien nature of a weasels existence. Why might she have chosen this point in the text for these descriptions? Time and events are merely poured, unremarked, and ingested directly, like blood pulsed into my gut through a jugular vein. If we were all to live like the weasel does, where their mind set is to be wild it will benefit us in the long run. 14 I would like to learn, or remember, how to live. "Obedient to instinct". Then even death, where you're going no matter how you live, cannot you part. Weasels are very tenacious creatures and what they have their eye set on something they want, they go and get it. In summary, the author imposes that with weasels, much more freedom is granted through instinctual living, rather than as humans, who live with choices. Reasons for extending the discussion of Living Like Weasels might include allowing more time to unpack the rich array of ideas explored in this piece, taking more time to look closely at academic vocabulary and figurative language employed by Dillard, or participating in a writing workshop to strengthen students writing pieces. I cannot perform it either by imagining additions to my present experience, or by imagining segments gradually subtracted from it, or by imagining some combination of additions, subtractions, and modifications (The Philosophical Review, Vol. What is the effect of using questions rather than declarations at this point in the essay? Write a list of reasons you can give to your friend in order to be convincing. Evil also personifies the earth with these conations stating that the once kind earth turns evil. Students may also choose to describe the choice humans have to latch on to the life they choose and how Dillard symbolically represents that choice. 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