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A Christmas Story Annie Dillard Analysis

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This is a summary of “A Christmas Story” by Annie Dillard. Every Christmas there was a massive dinner held in a seemingly never-ending dining hall. It was lavish and spacious with a table that was as long as a river and was decorated with many different table cloths and decorations. The ceiling of the hall was covered in chandeliers and the floor was filled with different groupings of people: the sick and injured, the children, to those who wanted to dance or participate in games or various others who gathered in separate sections throughout the hall. The purpose of the gathering of all of these people, was for a feast that consisted of single course that was served continuously throughout the night; a soup. This soup, however, seem to have

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