"From this height she could see the whole estate; the kitchen garden, glasshouses, and orangery, the gnarled apple trees in the orchard, the barns where the dances were held in winter. She could see the long green lawns that sloped down to the lake and the beechwoods hiding the lane to Hithercross. Farther to the west the chimneys of Altan Farm smoked, and the old church steeple crowned Harmer Hill, its weathercock glinting in the sun. Beyond, for miles and miles, the countryside of the Wardenry lay open before her, meadows and villages and lanes, a blue-green patchwork smudged with mist above the rivers."
This passage enhances the reading experience because this is the first time that the reader is experiencing the outside world. The story begins in the dreadful prison that is Incarceron. The prison makes the Outside look like heaven, with all of the horrors and the darkness in the prison, and the purity and freedom of the Outside. For the rest of the story, the reader will experience the clash between the two extremes in settings; the terrible prison Incarceron and the peaceful Outside. Finn tells his tale from inside Incarceron, and Claudia tells her side of the story from the Outside. This passage shows the peaceful nature of the Outside world, and provides the reader with a more vivid visual of the Outside, considering the stark contrast between Incarceron and the Outside.
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If the two main characters in Incarceron were transported to the world I live in today (Finn and Claudia), they would probably look around, and would be in awe of all of the technology in the world that we live in, since their world in the book has very little in terms of technology, even though it is a futuristic novel. They would probably look at my computer screen and would have no idea what i'm doing, and what the contraption that I am using is. Claudia would probably remember computers from her history lessons but Finn would have no clue as to what i'm doing. Then, when I enlighten them on the pressures and trials of the life that I lead, that would probably laugh at me since it is nothing compared to the near-death experiences that they have had in the book Incarceron. Claudia and Finn would then procede to handle whatever is in store for my future with ease, and would prove to be good surrogates for me in my life.
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