The Day Language Changed My Life Analysis

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Human-beings enter the world without complexity of knowledge. However, through varying situations that take place throughout the course of life, human-beings gain a sense of knowledge and understanding. These varying situations, referred to as “ways of knowing,” whether through reason, experience, or revelation, assist in making knowledge more apparent. The authors of “A Christmas Story,” “The Day Language Changed My Life,” and “Telling the Truth in Lies,” demonstrate through their characters, that reason, experience, and revelation can alter one’s perception and their depth of knowledge; however, some of the quickest information comes by revelation.
The old man in “A Christmas Story,” written by Annie Dillard, shows that revelation is a