An American Childhood/ Salvation

I thought the excerpt from An American Childhood was very relatable. Reading it made me think like a kid again. I think that when you're a child you don't have a full understanding of danger, so even though Annie Dillard was scared, she was too innocent for the moment to be ruined. I loved the beginning excerpt about what she learned playing football because it enforces that the lesson of this time in her life was her survival tactic, which is how a child would remember it. That makes it a relatable and realistic autobiography. 

I liked Salvation because it showed the innocence of Hughes as a child. In my opinion, i think sincere feelings of remorse are harder to recognize in ourselves the older we become. I also think Langston's need to please everyone is a childlike quality. 

An American Childhood and Salvation, though both reflect the innocence of childhood, focus on two opposite emotions. Annie reflects on one of the happiest moments of her life while Langston re-lives a time he was filled with guilt and shame. I thought both articles were also similar in the fact they both displayed child-like emotions realistically by writing as if  living in that moment, and not as a reflective piece.

First post!!!

Hey how's it goin? this is my first post, let's see if this worksss.

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