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The response should be at least one full page in length and should conform to all of the guidelines for writing presented in the syllabus.

Prompt:

Below are two quotations concerning the concept of a sense of community. Please use these to respond to the prompt:

1. "the sense of community is a feeling members have of belonging, a feeling that members matter to one another and the group, and a shared faith that member's needs will be met through their commitment to be together" (McMillan and Chavis, 1986)
2. "the perception of similarity to others, an acknowledged interdependence with others, a willingness to maintain this interdependence by giving to or doing for others what one expects from them, and the feeling that one is part of a larger dependable and stable structure" (Sarason, 1974)

Ben Robertson is clearly invested in the concept of community and his belief in the necessity of clear and strong regional connections. However, how he defines community changes throughout Red Hills and Cotton, as does his sense of which affiliations are most important, or should take precedent (examples, sometimes most strongly identifying as American, sometimes as Southern, sometimes as South Carolinian, sometimes as a citizen of the Upstate, sometimes as a member of his family, regardless of geography, etc...). Which of the two definitions for a "sense of community" above best suits this memoir?Why?Use evidence, properly cited, from the book to support your argument.