Compare And Contrast Audubon And Dillard

Birds are seen in day to day life; always flying some place high above the area humans prefer to reside. They have always been a source of wonder, something many would gawk at as they soared when humankind still only dreamed of this. Though flying is now a dream achieved, birds still serve as quite a magnificent sight- which is exactly what the two authors, Audubon and Dillard, portray in their works. These two authors definitely have different styles of writing, but both do indeed tend to use similar strategies to convey these feelings.
An example of this would be simile. In Audobon’s work, this particular rhetorical strategy is scarcely seen compared to Dillard’s; though it is definitely still there. It can be seen in one case when he describes the …show more content…
In fact, imagery is used so often in both of the passages that they can actually make a person feel as if they are there observing the flocks themselves. The mood of the story is also drastically affected by this- for example, in Audobon’s work, he takes on a slightly darker tone by the end of the story. This is achieved by the imagery he uses when the birds take flight, claiming that they had “resembled the coils of a giant serpent.”. This comparison, with the use of imagery, still manages to maintain the authors fascination with the birds, though it shows the power the flock possesses as well.
Meanwhile, Dillard’s approach gives the story a much more mythical ending. It can be seen throughout the entire work, though a particular example would be from when she asks this rhetorical question: “Could tiny birds be sifting through me right now, birds winging through the gaps between my cells, touching nothing, but quickening my senses, fleet?”. This question uses imagery which in turn causes the reader's mind to wander off and actually imagine this scenario whilst still maintaining the overall message of the magnificence of the