Re-read Annie Dillard's "Living Like Weasels," and find the following words in the essay: giddy, plodding, utterance Now, rewrite the original sentence where that word is found, then below the re-written sentence, write the denotation of the word. Feel free to use a dictionary. Next, below the denotation, write three to four descriptors of the connotation of the word. Then, explain if you think Dillard meant the connotative or denotative meaning of the word in this context, and why.

b. both have yearned to escape the environment they experienced as a child.

first of all the mood needs to be defined: it is obviously a mood of deceitful relief and serenity. why? because the cape horn is one of the most violent maritime regions of earth and although it has been left behind, it is a personification of ahab’s delirium and the fact that the end of the passage speaks about it about being “hidden” but “raving” immediately conveys the feeling the calm is not permanent but fleeting.

furthermore, the oxymoron “mild stun'sails” is the first instance of such feeling as the adjective “mild” is associated with “stunned” underscoring the fleeting nature of this “tranquil” moment. and the contrasts keep piling up, with the opposition between “dark den” and “blessed light and air” to end with the final conclusion that leaves the reader with the uneasy knowledge that this is just a reprieve.

answer: librarians is the correct word.

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