The universe has always been a source of wonder for humans, from the Mayans to Galileo. Even now, with humans sending satellites to map outer space, the vast universe is still an unanswered question. Annie Dillard believes that this question cannot be answered because, as in her essay Total Eclipse, she writes that the universe is so powerful that the human mind will break before it understands.
Dillard writes about her being teleported to a new world as soon as the total eclipse begins, one that she did not know existed, and the consequences on her state of mind. “The world which lay under darkness and stillness following the closing of the lid was not the world we knew... then I... would have... simply died of fright on the spot” (Dillard).
Dillard writes about her being teleported to a new world as soon as the total eclipse begins, one that she did not know existed, and the consequences on her state of mind. “The world which lay under darkness and stillness following the closing of the lid was not the world we knew... then I... would have... simply died of fright on the spot” (Dillard).