Magic Man
From the Prestige, magic requires this thing.
What is sacrifice?
Often thought of as a subject, but really is a shaping force
What is geography?
How the other is called in "Coming Across It"?
What is "otter"?
The way technology works against the five steps of entering a local geography.
What is prevents us from being present and sensing the world around us?
The reason animals are "magical" for Lopez.
What is that they are different from us, and they can do things we cannot?
topic is not nature, but the evolving structure of communities from which nature has been removed, often as a consequence of modern economic development.
What is nature writing?
The name the cottagers give to the person who helps them
What is the "good spirit of the forest"?
The purpose of this thing is to gain intimacy and to rid oneself of assumption.
What is attentiveness?
The city dwellers ultimately want to do this thing to the otter.
What is "kill it"?
To Barry Lopez, animals and language both are forms of this thing.
What is "magic"?
What is a purple cap of thistles and who is Jesus?
Paying attention, having a storied relationship with a place, and living in ethical unity with a place are the fundamental defenses against this
What is loneliness?
Three occurrences that help justify why the Creature turns violent toward Victor and his family.
What are 1) the creature is shunned by the villagers, 2) he is rejected by the cottagers, 3) he is rejected by his creator?
Three story levels in Frankenstein
What are 1) Walton's story, 2) Victor's story, 3) the Creature's story?