The short story “The Chase” by Annie Dillard has a lot to do with the quote of ‘never giving up’. The short story is about a memory from childhood that has taught the narrator a lot about the thrill of the chase. Dillard is a young girl that begins discussing her childhood memories of playing baseball and football. She not only discussed her memories of playing these sports but also explained how to throw balls. When the winter came and the children were unable to play neither baseball nor football a new sport had to be found. Dillard and some of the boys that she played with began taking part in a new game. The children began throwing snowballs at the cars that passed by. One day, there was a man driving a Buick, when he passed, the children threw a snowball right at the driver’s windshield. Although the children were extremely happy that they had hit their target, the driver wasn’t so pleased. The man began to chase the children. The children felt like they were running for their lives. After about a 10 block run, the man finally caught up to Dillard and the group of children that she was with. When he had finally caught up to them he began yelling at them for what they had done. After getting yelled at the narrator expressed how she and her friends would’ve kept running…show more content… Dillard shares her story by using “I” and “We”. The fact that The Chase is centered around the narrator’s personal vision and opinion shows that it is a subjective essay. Dillard shares in the story that she was about seven years old when the story took place which makes me believe that the audience would be younger, middle school aged children. As the story continues, Dillard increased the size of her sentence structure as she continues to tell the story. Overall, this short story written by Annie Dillard is filled with descriptive details and insight of the events that took place. The purpose of this story was to entertain the
