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Geography Matters…. Mrs. Lyons AP English August 31 st , 2010. What does geography tell us?. Setting History of the location/people Symbolism Mood/tone Define/develop a character. History of location/people. Shows how the characters are going to act - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Geography Matters…
Mrs. LyonsAP English
August 31st, 2010
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What does geography tell us?
• Setting• History of the location/people
• Symbolism• Mood/tone
• Define/develop a character
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History of location/people
• Shows how the characters are going to act• Different dialects in works of literature• Author’s example: The Old Man and the
Sea can only take place in the Caribbean
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Symbolism
• Moving locations = change• General rule: when writers send characters
south, it’s so they can run amok (murderous frenzy)
• Hills/mountains = overcoming obstacles• Author’s example: “The Snows of
Kilimanjaro” by Hemingway
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Mood/tone
• Describe location (bright, dark, joyous, gloomy, romantic, suspenseful?)
• Author’s example: “The Fall of the House of Usher” by Edgar Allan Poe (gloomy/dark)
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Define/develop a character
• Shows why the character is in that location• Author’s example: Bean Trees by
Barbara Kingsolver
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My Own Example
• A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest Gaines• Without the novel being set in the
Southern United States in the 1940s, racism wouldn’t be the main issue in the book
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What is one thing that geography can tell us in literature?
A. SatireB. ConsonanceC. Mood/toneD. Alliteration
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Moving locations =
A. ChangeB. InsanityC. RefugeD. Persecution
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The gloomy description of the setting in Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Fall of the House of Usher”…
A. Develops the main characterB. Provides history about the locationC. Gives the themeD. Sets the mood/tone
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According to the author, if a character travels south…
A. They are starting a new lifeB. They are visiting familyC. They have gone crazyD. They have nowhere else to go
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What is one thing being on top of a mountain can symbolize?
A. UnpleasantnessB. PurityC. DarknessD. Fog
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