The Grass is Singing Lesson Plan

How does Mary feel about moving to the countryside? What does it mean to Mary to "get close to nature"? How might this affect her new life on the farm?

Mary thought that it would be a pleasant change of pace for her to live in the country. She had not realized just how exhausted she was from her life in the town, perpetually moving from one demand to the next. She thought the farm would maybe offer her a more peaceful life. For Mary, the idea of "getting close to nature" offered a pleasant sentimentality from the novels she read—it was a "reassuring abstraction." However, Mary's experiences of "getting close to nature" were about having picnics with friends outside of...