“In the darkness the fields / defend themselves with fences / in vain: / everything / enters” (Atwood, 28-33). The man in Margaret Atwood's poem “Progressive Insanities of a Pioneer” finds himself in a similar situation to the stranger in Douglas LePan's poem “A Country Without a Mythology.” The man in Atwood's poem as well as the stranger in LePan's poem are not sure where they are. In “Progressive Insanities of a Pioneer” man tries to separate himself from his environment; however, in “A Country Without Mythology” the stranger tries to adapt to his environment. By analyzing the content, structure and meaning of "A country without mythology" the reader will understand that if the foreigner openly accepts what surrounds him he will then be able to answer the question that afflicts him: "where is he?". in the poem “A Country Without Mythology” he is traveling in the Canadian wilderness that he is not used to. He is lost with no “monuments or landmarks” to guide him (line 1) and is confused about those around him, calling the natives “wild people” who speak an “alien jargon” (2-3) that forces the stranger to address the question “where is it?”. Rather than let nature envelop him, the stranger tries to adapt to his new lifestyle by eating berries and pickerel as an Indian would, “forgetting all grace and ceremony” and adapting to the Indian way of life (7-8). Although he tries to adapt to his surroundings, he does not completely adapt. When LePan writes "for all his haste, time is worth nothing" he shows that the stranger has not yet adapted to the natives' way of life because he is running around trying to find out where he is but getting nowhere. Once the alien begins to fit in... middle of the paper... t."Definition of alien in English." Definition of Alien in the Oxford Dictionary (British and World English). Oxford English Dictionary, nd Web. 01 March 2014. http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/alien?q=alien."Definition of mythology in English." Mythology: definition of mythology. Oxfor English Dictionary, nd Web. 02 March 2014. http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/mythology?q=mythology.Kertzer, JM "The Wounded Eye: The Poetry of Douglas Le Pan | Kertzer | Studies in Canadian Literature / Études En Littérature Canadienne." The Wounded Eye: The Poetry of Douglas Le Pan. Studies in Canadian Literature, January 1981. Web. 02 March 2014. http://journals.hil.unb.ca/index.php/scl/article/view/7952/9009.LePan, Douglas. "A country without mythology." Harbrace's anthology of poetry. 5th ed. Toronto: Nelson Education, 2012. 261-62. Press.