1. What seems to be Dillard's purpose in this narrative: to encourage children to get into trouble? to encourage adults to be more tolerant of children who get into trouble? to do something else? Explain your answer.
I think the first purpose of this narrative was that some experiences are worth the risk if its ends up enjoyable. For Dillard, although she was kinda running for her life in the narrative, she realized that it was fun and quite satisfying by the end of the chase. The second possible purpose could be that maintaining childlike awe even throughout adulthood is a priority. This is probably because as you grow older, you tend to lose your childlike features and instead replace it with bitter loneliness. The adult character who is also in the…show more content… With this, we are personally able to understand the narration better. This allows us to have a general idea and opinion about the whole event. Although it's possible that Dillard could have additionally used other methods like repetition, onomatopoeia, or irony, I believe that the methods she had already used in the narration works well enough.
A main purpose in the narration was the difference between children and adults. Most children are immature, rowdy, and experimental. Adults, on the other hand, are mostly mature, bland, and possibly bitter. While Dillard and her friend ran from the adult man, it seemed at first he wanted to harm them but in the end he just simply "wanted a word with them". The narration clearly shows the event from beginning to end, with children throwing a snowball to an adult's car and that adult comes running after them, eventually for fun.
3. What does Dillard mean by calling the man who chases her "sainted" (paragraph 21)? What is her attitude toward this man? What words and passages support your
