Most get married, find jobs, and work until they die. As she grows up and becomes more aware of the way the world works, she realizes that hardly any adults retain this same spirit of wonder. During these childhood years, Anne studies, among other things, the French-Indian War, mineralogy, biographies of famous biologists, insects, drawing, and forensics. The world amazes her and what might seem mundane to others is often an object of intense study for her. He sells the boat and returns home.Īs a child, like any other child, Anne is filled with curiosity.
The voyage fails, however it is too long and too lonesome. During these early years of Anne's life, her father quits his job and attempts to take a boat down the Mississippi to New Orleans. She amuses Anne and her sisters constantly with clever jokes and elaborate pranks. Her mother is a vibrant, brilliant woman who, by the conventions of the 1950s, is locked away in the household, destined to be a housewife until she dies. She loves her parents but is especially enthralled by her mother. She compares the differences between herself and her parents, how their skin is loose and saggy, while her own is beautiful and taut. She is a five year old who is just starting to be conscious of herself and the world around her. The account begins with what are probably Anne's youngest memories. Adult needs not leave behind the spirit that causes children to stand in perpetual awe of the world rather, to be truly happy, one must resist the world's attempt to stamp that spirit out. Over these years, she provides her own childhood as a model for happiness in adulthood. Anne Dillard, now a middle-aged woman, recalls her childhood, from the time she was five all the way through high school.
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