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Summary Of Diane Ackerman's In Praise Of Bats

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Diane Ackerman, in her excerpt from “In Praise of Bats,” wants readers to recognize that life is beautifully strange, and it is the small moments that count. Ackerman takes on a gentle, calm tone to get her message across; to do this, she gives readers vivid imagery of bats, relating them to the beauty and abstractness of life. With the short-lived event of the event of the emergence of bats, Ackerman develops her meaning that the miniscule, seemingly insignificant moments in life is what we should look forward to the most. Ackerman introduces her excerpt with the brief description of her pet bats, Zuri and Rafiki: Zuri licking the “human essence” off of himself in an effort to show that he is distinct from the author and reader. This gives …show more content…

She does this to make that point that, although natural and artificial things are complete opposites, they can still live together in harmony. This coexistence is the key for not only readers of Diane Ackerman’s work, but also readers all over the world to understand that they can work together with nature to discover true beauty, and when they finally achieve this, they can learn to appreciate the strangeness in it. Ackerman makes readers realize another thing in this paragraph; that the small, ostensibly inconsequential things in life is what people should relish in the most. She builds up the story, telling readers about “the emergence” that will be happening soon later on in her reflective narrative. This “emergence” of bats is just small instance in her life, but it makes a difference; she is amazed by it since she calls it “dazzling.” This then leads to her final focus and meaning, which is bluntly stated in her last

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