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Our Summary of Where I Come From by Elizabeth Brewster

Elizabeth Brewster describes how a person's character is shaped in 'Where I Come From.' Brewster believes that a person's character is shaped by the place and social station in which he or she is born. The poem begins with the line 'People are made of places,' which suggests that people carry memories of their earthly origins. They carry memories of their home life, hometowns, and family members. The hometown can be in a city or in the countryside where Brewster was raised. In lines twelve and thirteen, Brewster offers an image of her hometown: 'Where I come from, people carry woods in their minds, acres of pine woods.' In lines eighteen and nineteen, Brewster uses references to spring and water to reflect the two most important seasons within the region. Spring and winter are equated to 'ice and the breaking of ice.' By the end of 'Where I Come From,' Brewster uses these two seasonal references them to the emotional and mental transition a person experiences in life.