Many plays and novels use contrasting places (for example, two countries, two cities or towns, two houses, or the land and the s
ea) to represent opposing forces or ideas that are central to the meaning of the work. Choose two such places from the novel. Write an essay explaining how the places differ, what each place represents, and how their contrast contributes to the meaning of the work as a whole. Do not merely summarize the plot.
Analogies are a staple of standardized tests. The PSAT, ACT, GRE, TOEFL exam, SAT, and FCAT, to name a few, contain significant analogy sections on the tests.
