The Oxford Dictionary defines “awe” as “a feeling of reverential respect mixed with fear or wonder.” In February 1979, author Annie Dillard and her husband, Gary, experienced a total solar eclipse. Years later, she wrote about her experience and showed it to the world. She used metaphors and repetition to show her awe in her writing. Dillard uses metaphors in her writing to describe the feeling of awe going through her as she watches the eclipse with her husband, Gary. Paragraph 3 of the excerpt says, “I looked at Gary. He was in a film. Everything was lost. He was a platinum print, a dead artist’s version of life.” After seeing the beginning of the total solar eclipse, Dillard looks back at her husband and sees the beauty of him with the eclipse
