Geography Means A Lot

This Chapter is mainly about how geography can affect the mood of a certain situation. For example, my favorite movie “Star Wars III Revenge of the Sith”, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker were fighting to the death of each other. They were surrounded by a lot of lava during their fight. Lava represents anger, which Anakin was fully experiencing as he was going down the path to the Darkside. Anakin was burning in the lava. I never thought about this but since now I know that lava represents anger it was the perfect setting for that situation. They say anger leads to hate and Anakin screamed at Obi-Wan that he hated him. Another similar setting was the fight between Scar and Simba. They were fighting for the title of “King”. This is similar to the Star Wars battle because while they were fighting, they were were surrounded by fire. Fire can represent death, or even rage. There was a lot of anger and rage when Simba found out that Scar lied to him about the death of his father and had actually set the whole thing up. The ending result was the death of Scar. There are even places on Earth that aren’t the safest places to live. One example is the Ring of Fire. The Ring of Fire is located on the border of the Pacific Plate. Around that area there are a lot of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions that occur. If I were an author and wanted somewhere to put an epic nail biting battle, the Ring of Fire would be the perfect place. Earthquakes usually represent hard times to come in a dream sense. If you add that with the active volcanoes, you’d have a scene with a lot of hatred, anger, and suspense. I realize to make a certain mood, you can’t only have a conflict, you have the right setting to help the mood be more pronounced. For example, say if you’re going through a very sad time and you don’t know what to do about it and you are just sitting by the window thinking about it. Well, in a lot of movies in that case, they will show the character by the window but the weather shown outside the window will be raining with a lot of thunder. The thunder and rain will help magnify the sadness of the situation. The time and place of the setting can ultimately affect the attitude of the characters. In movies, you will see the sun shining brightly and flowers blooming. That will usually indicate a sense of happiness. On the other hand, dark and rainy days could indicate a sense of sadness. Who thinks dark and rainy are the happiest time? They even say when it rains, that means angels are crying. Where you are located and what the weather is like plays a key role in what is going to happen.