The Deer at Providencia

Annie Dillard's informative essay, The Deer at Providencia (1982); explores the idea that there is always suffering in the world. Dillard uses a personal experience to convey this idea, she tells a story. Dillard's purpose is to inform the readers in order to show how the world works and that inevitably involves suffering. She appeals to anyone who can understand how the world works and who can comprehend what suffering is.
I did not necessarily like this reading. Although I understand there is suffering in the world, I don't believe that you have to partake in watching it. This woman is watching this poor little deer suffer for no apparent reason. She is acting unlike most woman who can't stand the thought of an animal suffering. I understand that the deer has to die in order for the humans to eat, but that doesn't mean we have to watch it happen. I think there are better ways this situation could of been handled. Although the deer will taste better this way, it is still cruel and unusual punishment to put any living thing through this torment.
Dillard explains, "Its hip jerked; its spine shook. Its eyes rolled; its tongue, thick with spittle, pushed in and out." Dillard analytically describes what the woman is witnessing. She uses tone words such as "spittle" to create a lasting effect on the reader. These sensory words create and image that the reader can understand. The harshness of this sentence shows no remorse in the description. Dillard giving the woman's account, describes no pathos qualities. This in turn creates a cold heartedness within the main character.