In Cold Blood Weather Analysis

The Winter is the opposite of summer, during the winter not only does the winter change but the town's appearance. The houses that once looked artificial were exposed and looked abandoned. “Winter comes down savagely over a little town on the prairie...The roofs, that looked so far away across the green treetops...they are so much more uglier then when their angles were softened by vines and

Hawthorne describes a cold and gray day.  This description gives the reader a sense of isolation as well as slight depression.  However, the mention of a slight breeze that ruffles the canopy of the forest just enough to let in little flickers of sunshine conveys a fleeting ray of hope that seems to coexist with the gloominess in the scene.  In many scenes during the book, moods or prevailing feelings are established through descriptions of the natural surroundings of the characters.  This aspect of Hawthorne's writing makes the book deeper and more emotional.

Watching this documentary was very eye opening and I learned a lot from it. I think it’s important for us to see real life examples like this and not just listen to statistics so we fully understand and learn more from it.

The jewish people are hopeful and the weather in the setting mirrors that throughout the chapter. The weather sets the mood and mirrors the jewish people’s hope. “Trees were in bloom, it was a year like so many others with it’s spring, it’s engagements, it’s weddings.” The spring is hopeful and new with many possibilities and the jewish people’s hope is mirrored by the spring weather. While the jews are living in ghettos the weather is nice and they still feel good about their situation. “A sunny spring day, people strolled seemingly carefree through crowded streets.” A sunny spring day would make you feel calm and carefree much like the jewish people feel. The germans showed up in their town and lived in their homes but they don’t feel

We (the reader) come to the conclusion that the weather outside is very cold because of the fact that the men enter the room wearing heavy overcoats and go over to the stove to warm up. I believe that the cold, harsh weather outside the house was symbolic of the climate and atmosphere on the inside of the house over the past few years. The way in which Mr. and Mrs. Wright?s relationship was described gave me an icy, sickening feeling. I could not imagine living my life in the same situation as Mrs. Wright. A lot of important information can be gathered from the very first paragraph of the play. As you read on, you are able to see more pertinent details revealed through the characters actions, without the use of dialogue.

It isn't difficult to see how the changing climates affect the characters’ moods as well. Many of the squabbles between Jim and Antonia and hardships faced by the two families occur in the fall or winter, whereas the author focuses on the more pleasant aspects of life and the prairie when the weather is glowing. The very lives of the men and women on the frontier are almost entirely dictated by the world surrounding them. They learn to live by the months and the weather, and develop symbiotic relationships with the land they till. As proved in the novel through the characters, the more work man puts into the earth, the greater reward he will receive.

Have you ever heard of flash fiction before? You probably haven’t heard of it before because it is not that common but if you were to read it then you would understand what you are missing out on. What flash fiction is, is a short and fictional story, less than 1000 words that is jammed pack full of detail. It is so full of detail because of the limited amount of words. Two flash fictions that are enjoyed by many are “Popular Mechanics” and “Early Autumn.”

In Emily Bronte’s masterpiece, Wuthering Heights, weather plays an enormous role in setting atmosphere, helping us understand her characters, and showing emotion. Wuthering heights portrays the moors of England as very mystic and wild through its stormy weather. Ellen shows this by narrating, “There was no moon, and everything beneath lay in misty darkness: not a light gleamed from any house, far or near all had been extinguished long ago: and those at Wuthering Heights were never visible [from Thrushcross Grange]—still she asserted she caught their shining. 'Look!' she cried eagerly, 'that's my room with the candle in it, and the trees swaying before it…'” (96). We can picture the swaying trees and foggy underground, which gives Wuthering

The mood goes from depressing to exciting. The first stanza has a depressing mood, but later on the mood becomes happy as the snow falls. The first 18 lines of the poem say that something ominous is going to happen, “darkly circled…roar of ocean on his…” (283) The poem then turns into a happy mood. “Moon above the eastern wood…Shut in from all the world without…mug of cider simmered low…” all show a happy mood towards the end of the poem.

In many factors, the weather outside in the story reflects on the mood of the situation inside. At first, it was cold and there was snow covering the ground. This is when the prisoner arrived to the school, accompany by Balducci, a gendarme. Daru did not like the idea of having to take a prisoner to court. He believed he is not responsible for it because he had nothing to do with the situation. He was stubborn and cold towards Balducci and kept repeating, “I won’t hand him over”. That night with the prisoner, there was a “faint wind {in which Daru hoped} would drive away the clouds and the sun would reappear” (pg.10). This represents how Daru hoped for his company to leave soon so he could go back to his own life. He wanted to “drive away”

The weather is controlled meaning, no sunlight, snow, rain, or cloudy weather. The weather is always perfect. Jonas learns about a world outside of his community and elsewhere. He gets memories that

Weather is a symbol of nature that is the most blatant reflection of the Achikes’ lives, and yet is the most subtle in illustrating how it evolves. The second chapter of the book opens with a normal day in the life of Kambili: she is doing her homework when Mama comes into her room, with Kambili’s uniforms in hand, fresh off of the clothesline outside. Kambili is confused, because cleaning Kambili

Foster’s insights about seasons and weather in literature change the story’s interpretation by clarifying their purposes. Foster’s main idea in the chapter It’s More Than Just Rain or Snow is weather always has a purpose; for example, rain, which has an “association with Spring,” can allow a “character to be cleansed symbolically” and “can bring the world back to life.” This insight is clear in the short story as outside Mrs.Mallard’s room the “trees were all aquiver with the new spring life” and “the delicious breath of rain was in the air.” The rain and spring weather may be dismissed as merely setting, but Foster’s insights allow the deeper meaning behind the inclusion of rain and spring to be clarified. The rain and spring show how Mrs.Mallard was cleansed

As Thomas C. Foster states in his book How to Read Literature Like a Professor, if a reader is analyzing a work, "one does well to remember, as one starts reading a poem or story, to check the weather" (Foster 75). If there's one element of a literary work that can easily affect a scene, it is the weather. Weather in literature can vary greatly from rain to snow to hail to fog and onwards. There is one type of weather, however, that is prominently featured within Albert Camus' novel The Stranger, and that is hot, sunny weather. The novel's protagonist Meursault frequently makes remarks of the weather surrounding him, from the blazing sun at his mother's funeral to the blinding light on a beach in Algiers where he shoots a man dead. If connected, the reader can understand that the weather is simply not there to set the scene -- it is there to affect Meursault's feelings and actions in the moment.

The mood is the short ‘Save as Many as You Ruin is some kind of gloomy. The mood changes from being some kind of bitter and pessimistic to being very optimistic. However, Gerard is faking the optimism he shows when he sees Laurel. The snow in the short story also plays an very important role. It is used as some kind of symbol in relation to Gerard personal characterization. The snow demonstrates how cold Gerard is as a person both mentally and physically. Gerard has never tried to experience love before he actually met Laurel, which results in Gerard being portrayed as a cold person through his account as well as the setting. The moment he sees Laurel his emotions connects with the weather. “It’s a blizzard now.” Line 47. The text takes place in the city Manhattan, and this is a very important fact, since the setting substantiates that a lot of people are superficial and shallow in big cities, which is also noticeable in the dialogue between Laurel and Gerard.