Geography is one of the most paramount points of a story. Geography has the ability to affect people’s thoughts and how they feel about certain subjects, as well as the people around them. Geography can also affect the main aspects of the story, such as the plot. It can also affect the mood of the people there. Geography affects The Crucible, The Great Debaters and my own life because it changes the view of the people there, it moves the story along while affecting the plot, and it affects the overall mood of the story. The first reason, geography affects The Crucible, The Great Debaters, and my own life is because it affects the view of the people there. In my own life, when I was driving through north Florida on the …show more content…
For example, there cannot be a story where the plot includes a beach, but the setting for the story is the middle of New York City. In my own life, geography has affected me in many ways. In my life, I used to live near a mountain and nearly every weekend I would go mountain hiking. For a large part of my life I used to hike, but now since I have moved to Mahwah I do not go hiking nearly as often as I did when I lived in New York. The geography change in my life has moved the “story” of my life forth, and the geography now affects what I do and what I do not do. In The Great Debaters, each different setting, such as the debate team debating the African American college and then eventually Harvard, moved the story along. As the setting changed it would reveal more and more of the plot of the story of The Great Debaters. When first getting to the prestigious college of Harvard and looking at the debate room, James Farmer Jr. stepped up to the podium and exclaimed, “Helloooooooo, Harvard!” This shows James’ excitement during this setting in the story, which moves it along against all of the other feelings each kid has had before this part in The Great Debaters. The plot is based around the debates in The Great Debaters and each debate moves the story along. In The Crucible, the geography moves the story along and affects the plot because the whole plot and incident happened because of the geography of the town. At one point, Susanna believed the thing wrong with Betty was supernatural, “Aye, sir, he have been searchin’ his books since he left you, sir. But he bid me tell you, that you might look into unnatural things for the cause of it,” (Miller, page 31-34). This shows that people believed in Salem things could be supernatural because they were separated from any outside knowledge, which would prove against what anyone
them to. This example is significant to the topic because it shows that the geography of the
Authors often have underlying reasons for giving their stories certain themes or settings. Arthur Miller’s masterpiece, The Crucible, is a work of art inspired by actual events as a response to political and moral issues. Set in Salem, Massachusetts in 1692, The Crucible proves to have its roots in events of the 1950’s and 1960’s, such as the activities of the House Un-American Committee and the “Red Scare.” Though the play provides an accurate account of the Salem witch trials, its real achievement lies in the many important issues of Miller’s time that it dealswith.
Geography affects this war through many different ways. Even the most simplistic of all military objectives require some sort of understanding of the geography of the region. Whether this would include the climate or just the physical geography of the area, it does affect decisions made and how tactics are ran. The main way physical geography would have an impact, is that it would help in understanding certain aspects of the environment. Thus this would allow leaders to create clear and effective plans for the war. Without comprehending this, it may result in more casualties, or even losing the war. Without understanding certain cultural and political boundaries, the war could become even more devastating. To have no comprehension of this would result in destruction and turmoil among the frontline.
The play takes place in Salem, Massachusetts. The event takes place in the Puritan society. The community is portrayed as superstitious and gullible. The Crucible is based on a true story so the setting is real.
Throughout history, geographic factors have affected the way people interact with their surroundings. Deserts and monsoons have affected specific regions such as North Africa and South Asia. These geographic factors have shaped the way these regions developed throughout history.
Geography is also defined the nature and relative arrangement of places and physical features. This made it challenging to settle Charles Town because the geography around the land where Charles Town was settled was very dense, which means that there were many forests. These forests had many trees making it hard to find a good place to build Charles Town. Furthermore the maps that the cartographers made of the land around Charles Town were very inaccurate. These maps were used by the settlers so the settlers thought they knew the land around their town. When the settlers left the town most got lost because the maps were so inaccurate. Also the Native Americans around Charles Town knew the land so the natives could launch surprise attacks on the settlers. Being next to the water was also a disadvantage because the settlers might be attacked by hurricanes or other bad weather being next to water might bring. All of these problems with the weather, maps, and the local land made it difficult for the settlers to settle in Charles Town.
So what exactly is a geographical perspective, well according to Penn state “A geographic perspective is a way of looking at and understanding the world. When
The book A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah has a setting, which coincides with “Geography Matters” (Chapter 19 of How to Read Literature like a Professor). This chapter explains how geographical location can explain how a novel will turn out to be. Geography also sets circumstances and limitations in a novel. Themes, symbols, plot, and most important character development can all be introduced from geographical location.
Many important events in United States history have been influenced by geography. Geographic factors or conditions include location, size, climate, natural resources, and physical features. These events in turn have had political, social, and economic impacts on the development of the United States.
The setting or settings in a novel are often an important element in the work. Many novels use contrasting places such as cities or towns, to represent opposing forces or ideas that are central to the meaning of the work. In Thomas Hardy's novel, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, the contrasting settings of Talbothays Dairy and Flintcomb-Ash represent the opposing forces of good and evil in Tess' life.
There's always something new to research in geography: new nation-states are created, natural disasters strike populated areas, the world's climate changes, and the Internet brings millions of people closer together. Knowing where countries and oceans are on a map is important but geography is much more than the answers to trivia questions. Having the ability to geographically analyze allows us to understand the world in which we live.
Now you know was how geography affected many ancient civilizations and how those civilizations use them. The climate was a big role in the geography because it would depend if they were able to grow their crops. The rivers and mountains would offend help them grow their crops and protect them from other civilizations or invasions. Every civilization would use their geography that was around them the way that would most benefit them.
Setting influences character and theme with places, time of day and the atmosphere. In Nathaniel Hawthorne, Young Goodman Brown, the setting of the Salem Village at sunset, the forest and what happened in the forest influenced the character and theme of the story with temptation, testing humanity, and Browns changed views on humanity, people in the village and faith, his faith and his wife after what happened in the forest. In the first sentence in the story, gives the first setting, Salem Village at sunset.
Geographical concepts have been traced back to ancient days, geography is defining as the scientific study of the location of people and activity across earth and reasons for their distribution. It asks where and why things are where they are. Geographers organizes materials by the places they are located, thus being they have concluded that what happens in one place affects what happens in another place and can further affect conditions in the near future. Like any other subject geography has its own language and knowledge for better understanding of its concepts. Thinking geographically means learning the language, we need both geographical vocabulary and grammar in order to do this. Geography has concepts that enables us to have geographical
Human activity has major effects on geography. When studying the earth you can come to several conclusions about the geography of any particular civilization. Distribution of life in the civilization allows you to analyze whether their geography is their own destiny. Do people control their own destiny? Is geography something that people can control? Technology is really the key to why geography can be overcome by any people.