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Total Eclipse By David Dillard Analysis
When the world of light is plunged into darkness, when what you know has vanished before your eyes, how could you not scream from the top of your lungs? Normal people often scream as a way to relieve the heightened distress accumulated over time or when they are simply scared. The fear of change, or Metathesiophobia, grows and develops with us as we, humans, revolutionize and evolve into what we are today. Change is fearsome even foreboding for those who like routine and regime in their everyday lives. Losing control of the methodical system, that you are so accustomed to, can cause intense insecurity, uncertainty, and in a way a freedom you can’t control. It petrifies me how Dillard illustrates the total eclipse as a living death, “There was
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