What is a "sense of place"? According to Bill Maxwell it is a place where you feel that you belong. Bill grew up in Fort Lauderdale, belonging to a gang called the "Allen Appartment Boys". He did not feel at home though in the gang filled area, and did not find what he called his "sense of place" until he moved to Stuckey's Still. I do agree with Bill that there is such thing as a "sense of place", but I don't think of it as the same thing.
A "sense of place" does not have to be a real place that you can go to and visit. To me it is just a state of mind. A state of mind is a place where you can go to think about what's happening in your life. As in the movie Happy Gilmore when Chubs tells Happy to go to his "happy place." This is what I think a sense of place is.
My sense of place is a place of solitude, silence, and my thoughts about my life. Often, just good memories can act as my "sense of place;" thinking of something in my life that is happy can drown out the random sorrows of the world. Bill Maxwell's actual happy place is his "sense of place", where as my "sense of place" is my "happy place.".
Even though Bill Maxwell and I have different opinions on what a sense of place actually is, we both believe that it does exist. He believes that it is an actual place, and I, a state of mind. Every different place in the world does have a different state of mind to it. So, a "sense of place" is both a place and a state of mind.
Sensing, Processing, and Responding! ... The actions of sensing, processing, and responding all take place in the nervous system. ... I was sensing the heat. ... This difference is in the response time, and is varied according to the gravity of the stimulus and the potential outcome of the situation. ... The differences seem to be when it is a pleasant stimulus. ...
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The waiter who speaks these words, in a Clean Well-Lighted Place by Ernest Hemingway, realizes that his café is more than just a place to eat and drink. ... This conveys a sense of solitude and peace which surrounds the old man. ... It is the light of course but it is necessary that the place be clean and pleasant. ... Finally, through Hemingway's use of sense imagery, the reader is able to understand why the old man visits the café at night. "...the old man liked to sit late because he was deaf and now at night it was quiet and he felt the difference." Evening brings a sens...
With the ways in which society has been raised, we would go crazy without a sense of self-identity, definition, classification. ... Once we have our label, our place of belonging, we can then go on in our merry lives and pretend like we are having a good time. ... And once this way of classification comes about, then a sense of equilibrium plays a big role. ... Once we know our differences, we then "handle that difference in one of three ways: ignore it, and if that is not possible, copy it if we think it is dominant, or destroy it if we think it is subordinate."("Age, Race, Class, and Sex...
While some readers argue it's the creation and the savage, others arduously contest this by saying Frankenstein and Mustapha Mond are the true behemoths, but both of these opinions are wrong in a sense. ... Any sense of disruptive behavior is deemed harmful to the civilization as a whole and, as both novels demonstrated, must be eliminated. Society places labels on people and while some may be accurate, others can lead to an entirely false preconception. ... Because they do not have a lot of money, they are forced to work strenuous jobs with little financial compensation and as a result,...
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Many works use contrasting places to represent opposing forces. ... Conrad makes Africa seem mysterious to symbolize the uncivilized and barbaric nature of man. the jungle is a dark and dangerous place and the natives are seen as just barely human by the Europeans. ... More than the obviously diverse scenery, the difference in the people that live in each place make the contrast much more striking. ... Conrad as many different levels of his meaning, that every man harbors a sense of hate and evil. ... Being in such a primitive an unfamiliar place leads to confusion of what is right wrong and w...
