Essays

"The Stunt Pilot" and "Ali in Havana" are both descriptive essays.

In "The Stunt Pilot" Annie Dillard seeks to convince you of the artistic expression contained within stunt flying. Being a pilot myself I agree with her 100%. You could also say it is partially a biographical essay, Dillard outlines a portion of Rahm's life and his death.

"Ali in Havana" is interesting and informative. Though I would tend to think of it more as a short story then an essay. I don't feel like the auther is presenting an opinion. He is telling of events not seeking to convince me of anything. My definition of an "essay" would be a persuasive paper. Maybe this is classified as an essay because it is in first person and not from a third person perspective like many stories.

I couldn't find "Silent Dancing" on Google books.....Anyone know where to find it?