In Annie Dillard's An American Childhood, Dillard recalls her many adventures during her childhood living in Pittsburgh. His stories explain his school, his home life, his family and growing up. Dillard also talks about the changes in her life, how they affect her, and how she felt about others around her. Childhood is a crucial part of life because it is a time of learning more than any other time in life. Childhood is a time of curiosity and fulfillment. What you learn in childhood has a big impact on how you make decisions and act as an adult. One message I found while reading An American Childhood is that life is sometimes not what it seems. Annie Dillard explained this concept when she said, “The inner life is often stupid. His selfishness blinds and deafens him, his imagination tells ignorant stories, fascinated... The trick of reason is to let the imagination take over the real world, even if only from time to time. (Dillard, P.20) Explains how her imagination sometimes played tricks on her, and things that were scary were actually not a...