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It will come to you, this love of the land. There’s no gettin’ away from it if you’re Irish.
— Gerald O'Hara · Gone with the Wind
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Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
The speaker predicts that an attachment to the land will grow in the person addressed over time, and claims it cannot be escaped by anyone who is Irish. Love of place is presented as inherited, unavoidable and deep-rooted, less a choice than a pull.
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