If I Forget Thee, O Earth...

What information about Marvin’s environment appears in this description of the Farmlands?

The book is called if I forget thee, oh earth

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“…no longer was he breathing the dry, cool air of the residential levels, purged of all smells but the faint tang of ozone” — This image appeals to our sense of smell and to contribute to gloomy picture of the Colony. It is preceded by the words depicting leveled residences without contact with the Outside.... a very different world. Marvin gets used to his life there, and prefers the upper levels and Farmland, which are full of the “smell of life”. This is the only place in the Colony where Marvin can experience new feelings and events.

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If I Forget Thee, O Earth...