Summary Of Where The Map Ends By Ron Rash

The mountainous region shows to be a beautiful and lively place until you get stuck within its grasps. The mountains can be a symbol for some people as a version of prison or a place with no escape. Living in the mountains for a long period of time can put you into a socially placed group for people that have a certain way of talking or way of dressing. A common theme that appears within Ron Rash’s stories is that the unknown and unruly territory of the southern Appalachians can be dangerous and foreign to outsiders.
The law that is presented in the mountainous region is often taken in the hands of the people that live within the area and used at their discretion creating chaos and no real order. Within most of stories, in Nothing Gold Can Stay, the law is often a form taken from the old testament or created on spot. The old farmer, in Where the Map Ends, told “From the looks of that scar, I’d notion you to be glad I’m doing it. I’d think
Many people that are not familiar to the mountains and how their layout is; trying to escape and only end up dying unless they have help leaving. “No one would here the shot, he knew”, In the Trusty, Sinkler was trying to leave the mountain region and travel back to the city not knowing that there was someone waiting to kill him and take his money for their own personal use (Rash 24). Due to the lack of knowledge about the land, Sinkler did not have a fighting chance to escape and without the help from someone that knew the land, but since he was naïve about his travel company and her skills it ended in his death. “I’ll go to the cabin and fix you up a map”, the older man in Where the Map Ends, did not mind helping the older slave, but he was not going to help the younger slave due to the older man’s look at the law (Rash 73). The younger slave ended up dying, but the older slave went on because of the map that was given to help him leave the