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Annie Dillard's The Chase Narrative writing allow

Narrative writing allows an author to tell a personal story in which the author believes readers will also find personal meaning. In her story The Chase, Annie Dillard recreates a childhood event and the emotions she felt during the event in such a way as to make readers remember similar events and emotions they may have experienced. In this way, Dillard creates a personal connection for the reader to the story.

Narrative stories follow a certain structure (ôNarrative Writingö). They usually begin by introducing the characters in the story and the setting where it will take place. The plot, or the action in the story, usually happens in the middle. Then, the problem around which the action revolved must be resolved in the ending (ôNarrative Writingö). The ending also usually illustrates the theme or moral that provides the personal connection to the story for the reader.

Annie Dillard's story of her chase by the angry driver in An American Childhood generally follows this narrative structure. However, Dillard begins with two paragraphs that set up the theme of her story. In these first two paragraphs, Dillard recalls the abandon she experienced when playing football with boys as a child. She remembers how she had to commit herself to the tackle: ôIt was all or nothing . . . if you flung yourself wholeheartedly at the back of his knees û if you gathered and joined body and soul and pointed them diving fearlessly û then you likely wouldnÆt get hurt, and youÆd stop the ballö (Dillard 45). In these opening paragraphs, Dillard introduces the reader to the emotion of the memory she hopes to touch in the reader through the narrative that follows.

The narrative also uses another principle of narrative writing, which is to use specific details to enhance the story and make it resonate with readers (Kies). The opening of ôThe Chaseö describes the setting as a snow-covered intersection in DillardÆs childhood neigh...

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