Barry Lopez: The Stone Horse

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This activity contains 3 questions.

What possible reasons may the artist who created the stone horse have had in mind? Which of Lopez’s observations and speculations about the stone horse do you find most interesting? Why?

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What do you think is Lopez’s purpose in writing this essay? What does he accomplish in each of the essay’s three sections? Provide a title for each section.

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Write an essay about some aspects of contemporary culture that some future civilization might discover with a sense of wonder. You may wish to include some speculations about what a future civilization might think about what you choose.

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