In the essay “The Deer at Providencia,” Annie Dillard describes her trip to a village called Providencia in the Amazon watershed with three North American men and their moving experience of watching a dying deer suffering and struggling. In order to prepare the deer for dinner, the villagers kill the “small, ‘pretty,’ thin-skinned” deer, by having a rope around its neck and making it unable to escape (557). Villagers of Providencia and the travelers, Dillard included, come from very different backgrounds but all silently watch the deer suffer. During lunch, Dillard describes the deliciousness of the fish and the meat of another deer killed the day before, and that she enjoys the meal very much (558). She also points out that while eating, people
