Analysis Of Annie Dillard And This Is Water

A person’s mindset can be described as their attitude and the way that person views the world and life. In the short stories, “Seeing” by Annie Dillard and “This is Water” by David Foster Wallace, both authors explore how having different observations and ways of thinking can change someone’s mindset and attitude. In comparison, “Seeing by Annie Dillard”, shows how vision can either cloud or open the mindset of the bigger picture. However, “This is Water” by Foster Wallace, shows that focusing on oneself and neglecting others, can lead to a repetitive negative mindset of the world. Using vision and thought, you can drastically change the mindset and attitude that you see in the world. In the short story, “Seeing”, Annie Dillard uses nature and human vision to show how it can influence the mindset that someone has on the world. The first example explains that when viewing something, even though you cant see the details, the …show more content…
By using the thoughts of an average hardworking person who is stuck in the routine of everyday life, he explains that becoming absorbed in your own thoughts instead of paying attention to the world around you, causes you to be lost and overthink the simplest of situations. David Foster Wallace states, “Learning how to think really means learning how to exercise some control over how and what you think. It means being conscious and aware enough to choose what you pay attention to and to choose how you construct meaning from experience”. By controlling what you think, you can limit the amount of overthinking that consumes you. If negative overthinking occurs in your thoughts, it will block the chances of there being any positive thoughts. By focusing on the surrounding world and not on your thoughts, you can see things for what they really are instead of letting your mind assume what is