When opening a page to read it, it is interesting to say the least to see your own school’s name presented.  It is even more interesting when the text proceeds to describe a spot to which the reader might have some sort of connectedness.  My connectedness to the place that is mentioned in the page I am reading reflects the reason why Pavel chose these texts in the first place.

The author of the Robert Frost chapter begins his article by noting the common reader’s ignorance to broad metaphor, and general inability to read context clues.  Even Thoreau, upon returning to civilized life after Walden Pond, proceeds to speak of the naivety of those who read the page.  I agree with this statement, although it is a sweeping generalization.  Those who approach a page with open eyes can see to the true meaning of an allusion to the metaphysical.  Thoreau proceeds to address his diction to the “poor student”.

The same themes are true when defining the everlasting question of our class: place; as defined by cultures, and the inverse.  In compiling texts that represent the critical social interactions with the environment, there is no doubt that the use of metaphor will be abundant.  How do you present the unrepresentable?  Approach the page with open eyes.