Geography Really DOES Matter

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"When writers send characters south, it's so they can run amok" (Foster 171). 


I read the chapter title and wondered how geography really mattered.  Sure I figured it was important for setting, but setting alone.  I had no idea it affected more than that.  After all the explaining Foster does, I still did not understand why geography was so important.  However, this quote hit me, and I understood.  The geography affects the characters themselves, along with their actions and situations.  The characters, actions and situations in a story ultimately mold the storyline itself.  If the geography has an effect on the plot as a whole, it obviously really does matter.

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