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The book Siftings by Jens Jensen and the movie Jean de Florette have some similar main points. One cannot put something in a landscape that does not belong and one should not tamper with the natural landscape. The book Siftings tells us these things and what not to do with the landscape and the movie Jean de Florette shows the reader mistakes made by the main characters.

While reading Siftings the author tells the reader that we cannot put something in the landscape that does not belong. For example, if there is a type of tree that likes to grow alone, one cannot put it with a group of trees; it will suffocate. If the other type of tree, one that likes to grow in a group, is planted alone it will not

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