In the essay, “A Literature of Place”, By Barry Lopez explores the topic of the way nature affect human identity. He claims that a specific and particular setting for human experience and endeavor is central to the works of many peoples human mortality and identity. Lopez then goes on to explain how living with water in a dry california valley has shaped him to be who he is today. For lopez he says his imagination was shaped by experiencing the wind through the eucalyptus trees and other sensory memories. A Little further in the essay Lopez goes on to explain that in his pieces of writing he includes things that he grew up around to help shape the way he described something. In the essay he also explains how Lopez began writing by underlining
