Critical Analysis: from “An American Childhood”

After reading “An American Childhood” by Annie Dillard, write a critical analysis essay focusing on these three questions: 1. How would you define Dillard’s mother’s sense of humor? 2. What does Dillard learn about herself in trying to better understand her mother’s personality? 3. To Dillard’s mother, why was “conformity” a “kind of sin”? Your essay must: • be at least 500 words of typed analysis (covering the three topic questions) • utilize claims evidence. You must follow the 4 elements of a citation: 1. Statement 2. “Quotation” or Paraphrase 3. (Parenthetical) 4. Works Cited