![]() Little children always see things much bigger than they actually are. No concept of time can be drawn from any of these transitions, so for all the reader knows two hours have passed. Paragraph 14 “Mikey and I had nowhere to go”. Paragraph 13 “He chased us silently, block after block”. Paragraph 12, “He chased Mikey and me around the yellow house…. The transitions to the next couple paragraphs also lack time markers. But, Dillard’s story lacks these time markers, thus making a short period of time seem much longer. This very unique transition is unlike most transitions that would tell the reader how far the chase has gone or how much time has expired. ![]() ”(105) is how the transition to the next paragraph reads. ![]() ![]() The short prepositional phrases also put you right into the action. ”(105-106) They way Dillard uses the actual street names and names of houses really gives the story a sense of homeness as if this city could be your very own hometown. We ran up Lloyd street and wound through mazy back yards toward the steep hilltop at Willard and Lang. ![]()
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