Analysis of "Sight" by Rebekah Beall

The essay, Sight, by Rebekah Beall, in my opinion, was detailed and played close attention to the little things that the majority of the population wouldn’t even recognize. Fro example, “The parking lot is nearly empty, lit with broad pools of yellow light. It reflects in long gleams on the smooth hoods of cars of workaholics…You were first kissed in this light, parked in front of your parents’ house,” Beall. I don’t know about other people, but that’s not the first thing that would cross my mind when I walk into an empty parking lot. The author shows the importance and significance of each setting in the essay. This light isn’t just any light, but relates to many memories and past events, or possible events, that crossed her mind, or that she believes will cross others minds. She really wants you to get her point, and portrays this through her vivid imagery, that makes your feel what she is trying to say. The author seems to have many fears in life, and scared of the unknown. As she scrambles in her house, she makes sure to “Retrieve the baseball bat from next to your bed and go from door to door, window to window testing latches. Unbolt and re-bolt the front door, tug on the chain to see that it’s still solid,” Beall. This is only part of the process that the author describes the narrator goes through when arriving to her dark home. Everything seems to be done in an organized fashion, and always some sort of a routine, with a lot of paranoia. Life or death situations like “Tell yourself life depends on this, on the concentration required to create a long, perfect paring,” that require such perfection. The narrator seems on edge most of the time.

            The narrator seems to have a great passion for nature. The only interests in television shows were about nature and our planet, and it’s evident why when the author goes on about the heron. Very observant, the author picks up great detail of the heron and its movements, behaviors, habitat, way of being, and lifestyle.  You get a clear visual of how this heron goes by day by day; how it catches its prey, and as far as how it swallows its prey, and there’s a great mental visual of that. This sight that I am given is so vivid, I feel as if I am there in person, or watching some documentary. I pick up that the narrator is very smart, especially in the field of nature and the environment, and relates its animals to humanly characteristics. Then the author goes on to talk about the body, and how sensitive we can be, and certain characteristics to relate to that. Every example in this essay is so vivid and clear, that the site that pops into my mind is so creative and diverse. There’s two sides to every situation mentioned, whether to do something or not, but the author chooses the more risky, and brave option. She makes it seems scary and dark, but always ends up following through with the unknown and mysterious. My overall analysis and what I got from this is pretty much what you get form the title, Sight, and the many things that you can see with this so-called sight. Its an amazing sense that we have, and the concrete details that she exemplifies in the essay portray this great capability.