Extent Does Marquart Use To Support Her Experience Of Living In The Midwest

In the excerpt from the memoir The Horizontal World, Marquart describes her experience of living in the midwest. Marquart includes her own point of view, as well as the opinions of others who do not live in the midwest. Marquart includes literary techniques to support her characterization of living in the upper midwest.
Marquart recalls her life and experience of living in the midwest, and how other outside statements have changed her point of view. Marquart uses epithet by stating, “you’ll encounter a road so lonely, treeless, and devoid of rises…….”(l.3-4). The gloomy description emphasizes the negative description of the Midwest and sets up the memoir of Marquart's experience. Marquart uses the epithet to further clarify the midwest setting and further expand on her experience there.
In addition to the use of epithet, Marquart also uses an archetype, by stating “the Midwest is a place that’s been considered devoid of stories, a flyover region one must endure to get to more

Marquart includes outside evidence of a survey that states, “Major Stephen Long’s survey declared the region a dreary plain, wholly unfit for cultivation…….”(l.38-40). By including outside backing of the Midwest, it further demonstrates how another point of views on the Midwest also characterize it. Marquart expands her argument of the characterization of the Midwest, by connecting it to other characterizations.
Marquart first appears to agree with other characteristics of the Midwest, to counter-argue the general idea of the Midwest. She is aware that the audience may believe in the “devoid” idea of the Midwest. Marquart seeks to empathize with the audience's idea of the Midwest, to further make her argument relatable and easy to agree with. Furthermore, the use of the techniques sets up the counterargument of Marquart and sets her point of view and experience of the