This information is not intended to be lascivious in any way it is the author’s way of conveying that what follows is a memoir of someone determined to allow as little boundaries as possible between herself and the world around her.Ĭhapter Two: Seeing This chapter’s title says it all: everything within is devoted to the author’s commitment to see everything around her in a new way. Following the lead of Thoreau, Dillard sets out to record a journal of the mind that is highly descriptive the plant and animal life in that part of the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia she called home.Ĭhapter One: Heaven and Earth in Jest The narrator informs the reader that she sleeps nude in front of an open window.
The book contains fifteen chapters in which the author provides lessons in how one can go about viewing the world differently even when that word is confined entirely within one’s own region, city, zip code borders, neighborhood or backyard. We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own. These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community.
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