Scenery

Question 1

“Golden foothill slopes” pg3

Answer 1

• Prelapsarian imagery suggests that nature is beautiful and innocent when untainted by men

Question 2

“In front of the low horizontal limb of a giant sycamore there is an ash pile”

pg 3

Answer 2

• Introduces the uneasy balance between men and its destructive tendencies toward nature
• “Ash pile” references the death of hope and the desire that things will change despite knowing that it won’t

Question 3

“A path beaten hard by boys”

pg 3

Answer 3

• Violent verb emphasizes the destructive tendencies of men even without a preconceived wish to cause harm.

Question 4

“in three walls there were small, square windows and in the fourth, a solid door with a wooden latch” pg19

Answer 4

• Similar to a jail cell and mimics the feelings of entrapment
• A restrictive environment where choices are made out of necessity rather than morality
• lack of hope for them/only a small window of opportunity left