An American Childhood

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Term Paper Title	An American Childhood
# of Words	379
# of Pages (250 words per page double spaced)	1.52

An American Childhood

Based on Peter S. Hawkins' Review
        An American Childhood, by Annie Dillard, is a happy memoir of
        Annie's own life, a child of a well-to-do Pittsburgh family.
Dillard remembers much of her childhood and doesn't hesitate to tell us
a bit of it.  Author Flannery O'Conner once said, "any novelist who
could survive her childhood had enough to write about for a lifetime."
This was most certainly the case for Dillard.
        A person's childhood is something that cannot be forgotten.
        From grandparents telling their grandchildren about when they
were their age, to criminals pleading that their childhood caused them
to become evil, our first years are our most important.  Annie Dillard
certainly remembered her childhood.
        It is clear that what Dillard tells us about her life is true.
        It is easy to classify Dillard as an avid reader as she
constantly mentions all her books. "As a child I read hoping to learn
everything, so I could be like my father," Dillard said on page 214.
        An American Childhood is extremely interesting and
        entertaining.  Having taken place in modern times, Dillard was
born i...

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