JOURNAL – DOES IT MATTER WHERE WE LIVE? How can places we live impact our social life, work habits, relationship to nature, personality, values, etc.? Would you be a different person if you grew up in a rural area with few people around compared to a large populated city? Do our surroundings help shape the person we become? Explain. Also, have you given up someone or something to move somewhere else?
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JOURNAL – DOES IT MATTER WHERE WE
LIVE?
How can places we live impact our social life, work habits, relationship to nature, personality, values, etc.? Would you be a different person if you grew up in a rural area with few people
around compared to a large populated city? Do our surroundings help shape the person we become? Explain. Also, have you given up someone or something to move somewhere
LITERARY ANALYSISMake Inferences p. 703 #5Contrast Settings p. 703 #7Make Judgments p. 703 #8Biographical Context p. 703 #9 – Examine the IMAGERY and FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE used to describe the people and scenes of Nebraska. How might Cather’s relatives be offended by the description?Explore Metaphor: In lines 223-227, Cather compares music in the concert hall to flowing water. Identify key words and phrases in the metaphor and the qualities they convey.