Living in the Land <Tab/> The land has always been a source of opposing forces: life and death, joy and sorrow, good and bad. The land (and the weather) has an effect on a person's state of mind, beliefs, values, and most important, perspective. The land has been used in literature countless times, and in countless ways. Sometimes, the land is used merely as a setting. However, in many cases, the …showed first 75 words of 1179 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1179 total…people from each other more effectively than death could. Or in some cases, causes the death itself. Works Cited <Tab/>Glass, Joanna. "Canadian Gothic." Canadian Gothic, American Modern. Lucy Knoll Publishing, 1975. <Tab/>Kreisel, Henry. "The Broken Globe." The Last Map is the Heart. Saskatoon: Thistledown Press, 1990. 92-103. <Tab/>Ross, Sinclair. "The Painted Door." The Last Map is the Heart. Saskatoon: Thistledown Press, 1990. 226-244.