An_American_Childhood

An American Childhood An American Childhood Based on Peter S. Hawkins' Review An American Childhood, by Annie Dillard, is a happy memoir of Annie's own life, a child of a well-to-do Pittsburgh family. Dillard remembers much of her childhood and doesn't hesitate to tell us a bit of it. Author Flannery O'Conner once said, "any novelist who could survive her childhood had enough to write about for a lifetime." This was most certainly the case for Dillard. A person's childhood is something that cannot be forgotten. From grandparents telling their grandchildren about when they were their age, to criminals pleading that their childhood caused them to become evil, our first years are our most important. Annie Dillard certainly remembered her childhood. It is clear that what Dillard tells us about her life is true. It is easy to classify Dillard as an avid reader as she constantly mentions all her books. "As a child I read hoping to learn everything, so I could be like my father," Dillard american, childhood, dillard, own, annie, about, life, year, writing, something, said, readers, reader, memories, crazy, child, book, age, young, years, write, world, woman, without, willing, who, could, well-to-do, can, way, watch, was, born, us, typical, true, times, through, they, them, may, tells, telling, tell, taken, survive, story, constantly, she, becomes, says