In “Living Like Weasels” by Annie Dillard, the author explores an encounter with a weasel and how this weasel inspired her to not only hunger for a change, but also in the way she lives her own life. Additionally, she says that she and a weasel had a connection when their eyes locked. When Dillard explains that one should live a life of their own choice, it is rather true. However, it is an absurd notion to believe the author and a weasel had an emotional connection considering an animal usually acts on instinct and not with emotion and thought patterns. Moreover, Dillard’s argument that people should live in the same manner as weasels, in that they should live by necessity, is compelling by virtue of the evidence she uses and the words in particular she uses.
Dillard’s essay paints the story of on her encounter with a weasel. After seeing this weasel, she starts to admire the way it lives and wishes she could be as careless as a weasel, living not by choice but by necessity. She ends the article saying that it would be best if one were to yield to one necessity and “grasp [that] one necessity
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Additionally, if one lived by necessity, conforming to that of a weasel, one would not be compelled to adhere to societal norms and expectations. Another point is that if one was to live in a manner similar to a weasel, they would also have the drive to complete a task. This is clearly evidenced as a direct result of the tenacity of a weasel; it does not stop doing something until instinct directs it to, or until it is either dead or has succeeded in finishing its task. Finally, one can agree with Dillard, not necessarily by reason of her supposed emotional connection with a creature that acts and reacts in a predisposed manner as opposed to reason and intellect, but with the necessity to live as unbiased and carefree as a