... a big part of her life. In "An American Childhood," she shares multiple stories about her mother's eccentric behavior and how it impacted her life in a large way. She also talks about the way her mother thought and behaved to teach others a lesson about how to look at things and life and to think for themselves. Annie Dillard and her mother both want to pass ... obstacles of getting to a successful point in her life and I hope that one day I can do the same. Dillard mentions her mother a lot in An American Childhood because she looked up to her. She appreciated her mother and all the th...

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