American_Childhood

American Childhood 1. The setting of the story was a little confusing because of the different perspectives and scenery jumps. It takes place in the 1950’s. The place where the story first occurs is a suburban Pittsburgh neighborhood. The background is her environment. The tone relates to the story by it being in 1st person perspective. She is remembering her childhood and telling the reader about how her feelings on different things changed. The mood is family warmth and togetherness and how it relates to the suburban neighborhood. 2. There was only one main character in the story, and it was Annie Dillard, the author. Annie has light colored hair and a slender body. She is very adventurous and loves nature. She spends a lot of time reading books. She inherited her fathers taste for music. She likes jazz and Dixieland. Her family loves comedy and teaches her the science of joke telling, so she practices as the straight man in her father’s jokes. There are many different words to describe her, but if I had to choose one I would american, childwood, story, life, world, remembering, place, family, different, changed, aware, about, very, things, theme, telling, suburban, starts, relates, pittsburgh, perspective, one, neighborhood, loves, know, everyone, describe, changes, change, awake, author, you’re, yourself, years, words, warmth, tone, togetherness, time, through, think, that’s, teaches, taste, talks, talking, takes, straight, step, spends, slender