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Sylvia retains her loyalty to nature as her affection for the hunter grows.
<span>Sylvia struggles between protecting the heron and gaining the money.
Sylvia doesn't really care about money at all. There is an ambivalence in Sylvia because she could benefit from the money but it would be at the expense of the heron with which she empathizes.</span>
It would make it a isolated economy because they are not trading or exporting goods with others.
North: They had troops, guns, equipment, and provisions inside, and they owned it, and so they wanted to keep it.
South: It was located in the South, and they thought it was rightfully theirs, and that is why they wanted it
It didn't really have any strategic importance, however, it had political importance
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