Terror
at Tinker Creek is not a name of a chapter in . However, it does aptly
describe the readers feeling once he or she reaches the books via negativa
section, which begins with the chapter titled Fecundity. In this chapter,expresses her growing
discomfort and disgust with the immense scale of the earths living creatures. Particularly from
a human perspective, this cycle of life and death seems wasteful and pointless. Here, Dillard
begins to grapple with the thought that the universe, rather than being a place of wonder and
awe, is an uncaring cycle of reproduction and death.
After a long search, I
also do not believe that Terror at Tinker Creek is a stand-alone essay. Dillard herself does
not mention it in her websites Essays section, Stories section, or Odd Bits section, and
it does not appear in any search engines. I'd be interested to hear if anyone else found this
essay, and I wonder if perhaps it is a scholarly essay written about Dillard's Pilgrim
at Tinker Creek. However, if that is the case, I am still unable to find a
satisfactory result for it.
For a full list of chapter titles, as well as
short summaries, I suggest reviewing the link at the bottom of my
answer.
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