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What Does The Landscape Symbolize

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One way that Cather symbolizes nature is through the landscape. It is seemingly the largest and most obvious symbol in the story. It is one of the best parts of the book in my opinion. It shows there is a larger idea of our environment, it shows that there’s more than just what we see when it comes to things around us. It’s a place we live in, we work in, we raise families in, we have some of the best and worst times in. It comes to show that Jim’s relationship is very important on its own, but it also brings to the front his relationship with the people and cultures of where he lives. The landscape mirrors Jim’s feelings, there are points when it looks desolate when he is lonely or upset. He also looks back through the landscapes of his childhood.

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