Writing this because I need help tonight, 75 points! My Lit II teacher assigned a five-paragraph paper, and I don't understand the prompt; I don't understand what she wants me to write about. Can someone just explain this prompt?

Prompt: In each story, landscape plays a large part of thematic concerns and outcomes. Synonyms for landscape are listed below. Using at least three stories, discuss how “landscape” as one of the synonyms (instead of the usual “countryside”) contributes to the authors’ concerns and message.

Landscape NOUN
1. all the visible features of an area of countryside or land, often considered in terms of their aesthetic appeal:
synonyms: scenery · countryside · topography · country · terrain · outlook · view · vista · prospect · aspect · panorama · perspective · sweep