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Summary Of The Stunt Pilot By Annie Dillard

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In her essay, The Stunt Pilot, Annie Dillard uses the art of language to convey her appreciation for another art form: the motion of flight. When retelling her time up in the air with stunt pilot Dave Rahm, Dillard purposefully starts off with a plain description of Rahm with vague details as to remind her audience how the man himself was not important, but it was what he did that was beautiful. Dillard then juxtaposes her impressions of being in the air by mentioning how the plane’s “shaking swooping belly seemed to graze the snow” (Dillard 91). Not only does this particular sentence express the emotions felt during the unforgettable flight, its subtle use of imagery also allows readers to envision being high up in the air, yet seemingly

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