“Terwilliger Bunts One”, is the true story about the author, Annie Dillard’s memories of her mother. Many of these memories stemmed from observing her mother’s unique personal traits and qualities. Through anecdotes, Annie is able to express her ambivalence and admiration for her mother’s opinionated lifestyle, as well as offer the audience a humorous and light-hearted essay. Annie idolizes her mother’s intelligence, values, playfulness, and confidence throughout the story. Other qualities that her mother possessed included a good sense of humor, her persuasiveness, and her patience. “Mother cared for us tenderly and was always dependable” (page 151), are words from the passage that applaud her mother’s traits. Although Annie appreciated many of her mother’s qualities, there were some traits that were questionable and uncertain to her. Annie refers to her mother as “connoisseur, a lover of human drama in all its boldness and terror” (page 150), which she later explains that she is contradictory of confrontation. She is also ambivalent to her mother’s sarcasm and unexpected jokes. As an author, Annie expresses her attitude for her mother in a very warm and sympathetic environment. Her essay contains implicit arguments about the need to make one’s way in the world, the importance of standing up for what one believes in, and the importance of words. Annie conveys her feelings through everyday conversation and language, and her use of amusing anecdotes. These anecdotes increase in seriousness as the essay progresses to keep the audience interested and to familiarize readers with her childhood experiences. Through familiar and descriptive language, Annie Dillard is able to share her most memorable experiences with her mother in a kind-hearted story. She admired her mother’s genuine qualities, yet learned from her mother’s flaws. In turn, her mother