Analysis: "Living Like Weasels" Annie Dillard Annie Dillard's essay "Living Like Weasels" offers its readers a unique comparison between the life of weasels and the life of human beings. It seems that one of Dillard's principal objectives is to appeal to all types of people so that all can enjoy her writing. Therefore, Dillard uses stylistic choice to make her story more universally understandable. This essay examines four different realms of discourse in detail. In …
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…in the end. In using several different styles of discourse, the writing becomes unique to that of the author. In this essay, it is obvious that Dillard is attempting to appeal to all and therefore uses approaches that are easily understood by all. Her message is important and one that is directed towards all types of people. The universal approach works well and allows her complexity of ideas to be interpreted in the simplest manner.