The Symbolism Of Weather In Literature

Chapter ten of How to Read Literature Like a Professor explains the important role weather plays on literature. For instance, snow is not just snow in a novel. It symbolizes so much more in both positive and negative ways; it is stark, filthy, playful, and clean, and you can do just about anything with it. In “The Dead,” Joyce breaks his main character down until he can look out at the snow, which is “general all over Ireland,” and then the reader realizes snow is like death. It paints the image that “upon all the living are the dead.”

In Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte, numerous references are made to different conditions of weather. Even the title of the novel suggests the storminess present in nearly the entire book. The often-changing weather serves to signify the characters’ personalities, as well as the changes that they go through during the course of their lives.

When it comes to literature, weather can be used in many different ways. It can symbolize theme, set the mood of the story, and even affect the plot. In Tangerine by Edward Bloor, the weather acts as a plot device and as a symbol.

The actions that Matsu does for Stephen, another pivotal character in the story, stand for their growing bond. The symbolism helps the reader understand the reason behind the actions and how it affects the story. This, consequently, enriches the analysis of the story. Symbols in the story also intensify the situations in the story. The weather in the story is a symbol for the events that happen in the story, and knowledge of the nature of the upcoming situations makes the situations enhanced. Tsukiyama’s use of symbolism enriches the characters, their situations, and the interpretations of the story.

One of the first items the author states is that all symbolism is intentional, there are no accidents when it comes to analyzing famous literature. He describes certain authors like James Joyce and T.S. Elliot as “intentionalists” or writers who purposely try to control every part of the story through symbolism. The author Thomas Foster teaches us never to overlook anything in a novel even if it be little things like the color shirt they are wearing or what the weather is like outside. Building more off the last statement, precipitation, whilst being a little detail added into a story, holds a lot of important roles in moving the story along and even providing hardships for characters to overcome. Even more than that though, he says “It’s never just rain”, rain provides as a symbol in the story so that if someone is in the rain it’s almost as if they are being cleansed.

Many believe that Steinbeck describes the weather to foreshadow events. In chapter twenty-five, Steinbeck describes the winter weather as being gray, cold, and wet. Chapter twenty-five is also when Steinbeck informs the reader that the beloved Samuel Hamilton passed away (Steinbeck, 2002, p.309). This is accurate foreshadowing because the gloomy weather is associated with sadness and sorrow which is what everyone felt when Samuel Hamilton died. Another important event that weather foreshadowed was when Abra arrived on the Trask place. Abra was a source of competition for the boys for she was one of the only womanly figures in the Trask boys lives and each boy wanted her all to himself. Just before Abra arrived, a thunderstorm had occurred where the boys were at. The storm represents the conflict Abra caused between the

Weather is a symbol that is in many pieces fro all different genres whith different symbolic menings. The symbolism that f. Asott Fitzgerold was udsed in the novel The great gastby describes change in everything. There are 4 seasn with each unique weather that symbolizes time and the societys change. Weather in The Great Gatsby symbolizes everything and evryonee. Fitzgerad uses the

One example of this is when the lady on the train kept yelling “fire!”. She continued to say she saw fire, even though nobody else saw this. Everyone on the train thought she was crazy. This woman was very afraid that she might be burned by the fire she saw. I think that this event could symbolize the fear that everyone had during the Holocaust. Another example of symbolism in this book is all the dead bodies laying around in the end of the book. Towards the end of the book there are lots of bodies lying around that have not been disposed of. I think that this event could symbolise how the people in the camps that were still alive had lost all of their humanity. This can cause the reader to have a feeling of fear when they read the book

When meeting characters in the beginning of novels, the author can add how they perceive weather to let the readers get a feel for how observing they are. If the character pays no mind to the weather the reader may see that had acted as ignorant.

Weather, in the form of wind, thunder and lightning, and mist, provides powerful symbolism for the conflicts in Tony's life.	

In the natural world, weather is unpredictable and can strike at any moment. However, in literature the author has the power to decide when a storm will hit. As explained in Thomas C. Foster’s How to Read Literature Like a Professor, the author always has a purpose behind a weather occurrence. Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger has instances of snow and rain that undoubtedly serve a deeper meaning than just drenching the protagonist. The instances of snow and rain in Catcher in the Rye bear symbolic representation of struggle, which ultimately leads to a cleanse.

Rain, heat, fog, the weather had an immense role in both the setting and symbolically. Like Thomas Foster stated, “weather is never just weather. It’s never just rain. And that goes for snow, sun, warmth, cold, and probably sleet.”(Fos) Weather in The Great Gatsby is enriched with meaning and impact to the novel and one example being when Gatsby and Daisy met again after five years. The morning before Gatsby and Daisy were going to meet, after Nick secretly arranged for Daisy to have tea with Gatsby in his house, Gatsby send for Nick’s lawn to be mowed and for a “greenhouse” to be set up in his Nick's house. At “two minutes for four”(Fit) Daisy arrived and it was raining and before Daisy entered the house Gatsby went out through the back

Weather is used in every piece of literature to give the writing a since of tone. Rain typically represents a drowsy, sad and mellow atmosphere, while heat brings out the frustration between characters. In The Great Gatsby weather is used in these general terms, but has two very important details that the average reader often overlooks. The two types of weather, heat and rain, are brought to life and acts as a mask to hide the true feeling of the characters. In The Great Gatsby Fitzgerald uses weather as a symbol of the revelation of truth that Daisy and Gatsby come to on their own.

In the novel Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel Garcia Marquez symbols are used throughout the plot to develop characterization, foreshadowing and irony. Two of the most important symbols are weather and dreams. Weather is used to develop the perspective of the

The weather does more than fit the scene’s energy; often, the weather mirrors the protagonist’s attitudes and feelings, helping readers sympathize and connect with the characters. The first several chapters, set at Gateshead, are rainy, cold, and dreary, paralleling Eyre’s hopeless outlook. According to Thomas Foster, one of rain’s several potential purposes in a novel is to add an air of mystery, isolation, and misery. For example, when Jane is locked in the red-room, “the beclouded afternoon was tending to drear twilight...the rain