Because the Duchess seemed to be calm and trying to have a good time, but when they finally broke down, Mother Shipton took the role of being the leader, and or the person who worried the least. 9) Though the characters in this story have little in common, they band together in support of one another. ... The most specific detail that I found in the story that portraits California's landscape is when they are traveling to Poker Flat, and there is constant steep mountain range. And the party passed out of the moist, temperate regions of the foothills into the dry, cold, bracing air of ...

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Authors often use naturalism to illustrate a situation in which a single character or group of characters are subject to the laws of nature that are beyond their control including God, nature, and people. ... The regionalism demonstrates the western setting in which the characters are in. ... Landmarks of the narrative exhibit the site of the story's background. 3 In that advanced season the party soon passed out of the moist, temperate regions of the foothills into the dry, cold, bracing air of the Sierras. (Harte 396) The Sierra Mountains are spoken of as the background of th...

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At this stage in the film, the audience knows why the characters are able to do these impossible stunts. ... This contrast of costumes helps the audience to distinguish between which worlds the characters are in. ... Dialogue is also used in the film to help the audience see why the characters make the choices that they do. ...

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