death of a moth free-write

Free-Writing on “Death of a Moth” by Annie Dillard

1. 1. Annie Dillard throughout the entire story is expressing her passion of writing, and towards the end she says “I’ll do it in the evenings, after skiing, or on the way home from the bank…” I think she’s trying to give across the message that at any moment in her day/life she is thinking about writing and will take part in what she is passionate about whenever she can. I feel that most people are passionate about something, whether that be writing like Annie Dillard or a type of hobby like sewing, or even working out.

5. After talking about the representation of the moth in the story, and the relation to writers, it made me realize that everyone is passionate about something. Like I said above, people can be passionate about anything.

Animals live for a very long time if you treat them right, take care of them, and enjoy their company. Animals like bunnies aren’t as common as dogs and cats, but they are just as playful. Bunnies can hop around and do lots of strange tricks that other animals typically can’t.

2. I think the most climatic or most dramatic event of the narrative was when the candle had two identical flames, ...