A Geo Bio: Preparing for Discussion

This discussion, of course, has already passed, but I thought that I better get caught up in my work just in case there's the chance that I won't get counted off for not already having done this post, and so that i can worry about the assignments ahead of me.

1.In A Native Hill by Wendell Berry, community is almost defined as a loosely linked group of similar acting, believing and connected human beings, whether by history or blood or our own state of humanity, with possessive and controlling tendencies and whose relationship to nature and at times its own members, is that of owner versus friend. Most people in the community Wendell Berry describes see the land as "of no importance" and this vision "has promoted and fed upon a destructive schism between body and soul, heaven and Earth.(199)" Community insists Wendell Berry not change his location, seemingly in an aspect to control him for his own good and the sake of his lifestyle.
2. In That Distant Land, community is still seen as loosely wound by the presence of people such as Jarret, Burley, Nathan Coulter, Hannah Coulter, Arthur and Martin Rowanberry, Elton Penn, Mary Penn, and Danny and Lyda Branch, Flora and Sara, who are not neccesarily related to one another but whom all share a loose tie to one another physically, and a stronger one mentally; all resolve to take care of one another and the narrator's grandmother and grandfather. Nathan Coulter is referred to be "in all but blood, his son," in relationship to the narrator's grandfather(272). In the end, when the death of the narrator's grandfather occurs, Jarrat takes care of everyone else by not making a big deal about the death, and continuing on with their work. "Let's load 'em up.(278)"(Talking about hay bales)
3.In our individual communities at home, the parents typically give their children orders to keep them safe, like "Don't walk down such-and-such street at night," or "Be home by 11:30." They try to draw us back to see them and our home, to keep us grounded with the values given to us by the community we previously lived in(hometown; not just family). We are bonded to our hometown by history, and our family by blood as well as by history.
Here at UK, we are bonded not by blood but by the history of former students and the creators of the college, and our own humanity, as well as our value of education. Though we've never seen most of each other before, all of us students that become friends on campus are related by our humanity and our very basic beliefs and values. In our class, we are connected because we share an interest.