Shadows of Night: The Fear of a Child

In Annie Dillards book, An Ameri back Child chapter two describes the fear she had as a child, of the night shadows that would appear on her walls. Dillard was five years obsolescent and shared a bedroom with her little sister Amy, who was two at the time. When Dillard describes her little sister sleeping, I can picture her clearly in my mind. Dillard writes even at two she composed herself attractively with her sheet folded tidily, low her outstretched arm, her head laid lightly on an unwrinkled pillow, her dull curls spread evenly. (21) Another wonderful example of her descriptive writing is when she is obese of the affair that she is so afraid of at night in her bedroom. Dillard states that, the anathemise affaire entered the room by flattening itself against the open door and sliding in. It was transparent, lucent oblong I could see the door whiten at its touch. (21) This thing that Dillard also refers to as it also had sounds of a rising roar (21) as it moved across her walls.Dillard finally figured out that her thing was a passing car whose windshield reflected the corner streetlight right(prenominal). (21) It wasnt until she was outside one day, that she heard the familiar sound that she hears at night when the thing appears on her walls. Dillards writing shows how the human mind and imagination can exaggerate even the simplest things, until we can see in front of us what the true reality is.