The Blue Ridge Mountains is the literary setting of the essay, in the town of Roanoke Tinker Creek. In her adulthood, Dillard moved to Virginia, despite the many mentions she makes about Pennsylvania, where she spent her childhood, and in fact, Pittsburgh where she was brought up (Davis 3). The setting of this essay is very critical to its plot, and even the themes that are exploited by the author. Other than scrutinizing the similes, metaphors, symbols, irony, personification, diction, imagery, point of view, characterization, setting, theme, tone, and plot in the text it is critical as well to discuss how the literary elements influence the audience and drive the author`s point home scenes that provoke emotions and enhance understanding. However, the ending is meticulous and outstanding, as the author reconciles all the challenges of nature and humanity she faces at the Creek (Davis 44). The title is ironical, as there are no elements of pilgrimage in the whole text. Dillard used a poetic and dense writing style. She winds up in Virginia's Roanoke Valley, where Tinker Creek is destined. The plot starts as Annie decides to chat about her cat, which used to claw her face after creeping through the window at night. The essay "Pilgrim at Tinker Creek" was published in 1974, and the poet, Annie Dillard, was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1975 while observing wildlife in Virginia's Roanoke Valley (Davis 4). Nonetheless, she is disturbed by the emergence of the innard-sucking, venom-spitting, and massive water bugs.
Annie Dillard claims to be madly in love with muskrats, mantises, puppies, and frogs.
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