In her essay “Total Eclipse, ” Annie Dillard makes use of metaphor after metaphor and vivid, descriptive imagery to reveal the main message behind her text: mankind needs to wake up and be conscious of what is going on in the world outside of themselves. Through the sharing of her personal and emotionally driven experience of seeing a total eclipse, Dillard is able to draw the reader in. The eclipse has a very large impact on Dillard’s life and outlook of the world. Under the influence of the natural spectacle, Dillard reevaluates her life, her views, and the past. When observing the eclipse, she begins to understand that there is the great deal of power in nature. She begins to grasp the idea that her life, and all the moments in everyone's
