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Dillard describes things in antithetical terms, such as "a remarkable piece of shallowness." How do phrases like this help advance her observations regarding what it is like to live like a weasel?

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-"two lovers, or deadly enemies”

-“very calmly go wild”

-“the perfect freedom of single necessity”

Explanation:

Looking at how Dillard writes also serves the function of discovering the central or key paradox of the essay that is choosing a life of necessity, or in Dillard’s particular case, writing in a reflective way about being inspired by the unreflective life of a weasel living by its intuitive reaction. Dillard seeing the weasel enabled her to be more conscious of herself and her own presence. It enabled her see herself in a renewed and a more open manner. Her description made her final comparison of how a person can live like a weasel.

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