Dark Stormy nights are usually an omen of bad things to come. For example, in Texas on a hot summer day, it starts to rain and get darker. Now, if you’ve lived in Texas for long enough you’ll know how hot it usually is during the summer. When you mix rain, which brings the temperature down with cold air, with the warm air they begin to circle each other. Soon enough, the continuous circulation of the cold air and warm air causes a tornado.
In the setting of a tornado, or any type of severe storm for that matter, will cause everyone to come together. Not only for shelter, but for support. Friends and enemies will be in the same predicament. When the author says “the rain forces these men together in very uncomfortable circumstances”, he is trying to show that weather has an effect on the way people act or behave in a current situation. It can either bring people together or tear people apart. If you think of shows that you’ve watched where there is a severe storm happening and the characters think they’re going to die, they will usually confess something that they’ve been meaning to tell that person for a while. You could even be put in a life or death situation with your enemy. Something drastic could be happening and you save their life, and they claim to be forever grateful. Suddenly you both are great buddies and put all your problems.
Rain, according to the author can also stand as a cleansing symbolically. In a way, rain can actually be a symbol of cleaning. The story of Noah and the Ark is a good example. There were a lot of bad things going on in the world and God began to get tired of it. In order to rid the world of all the evil He decided to send a huge storm to wipeout man kind and start fresh. He only saw Noah and his family as the good people and told Noah to build an ark and gather two of every animal. Soon the storm came and “cleansed” the world of all evil doers. Weather plays a very important factor on how things will or will not turn out.
Another example of cleansing is Baptism. In the Catholic religion people get baptized when they are truly devoted to God. Baptism is a cleansing of sin. It shows that you are truly ready to commit to God and have all your past sins forgiven. They used to get baptized in rivers and now they are baptized in tubs of water. Yes rain and water play a very important role on events.
Thursday, August 22, 2013
'Twas More Than Just Rain or Snow
Dark Stormy nights are usually an omen of bad things to come. For example, in Texas on a hot summer day, it starts to rain and get darker. Now, if you’ve lived in Texas for long enough you’ll know how hot it usually is during the summer. When you mix rain, which brings the temperature down with cold air, with the warm air they begin to circle each other. Soon enough, the continuous circulation of the cold air and warm air causes a tornado.
In the setting of a tornado, or any type of severe storm for that matter, will cause everyone to come together. Not only for shelter, but for support. Friends and enemies will be in the same predicament. When the author says “the rain forces these men together in very uncomfortable circumstances”, he is trying to show that weather has an effect on the way people act or behave in a current situation. It can either bring people together or tear people apart. If you think of shows that you’ve watched where there is a severe storm happening and the characters think they’re going to die, they will usually confess something that they’ve been meaning to tell that person for a while. You could even be put in a life or death situation with your enemy. Something drastic could be happening and you save their life, and they claim to be forever grateful. Suddenly you both are great buddies and put all your problems.
Rain, according to the author can also stand as a cleansing symbolically. In a way, rain can actually be a symbol of cleaning. The story of Noah and the Ark is a good example. There were a lot of bad things going on in the world and God began to get tired of it. In order to rid the world of all the evil He decided to send a huge storm to wipeout man kind and start fresh. He only saw Noah and his family as the good people and told Noah to build an ark and gather two of every animal. Soon the storm came and “cleansed” the world of all evil doers. Weather plays a very important factor on how things will or will not turn out.
Another example of cleansing is Baptism. In the Catholic religion people get baptized when they are truly devoted to God. Baptism is a cleansing of sin. It shows that you are truly ready to commit to God and have all your past sins forgiven. They used to get baptized in rivers and now they are baptized in tubs of water. Yes rain and water play a very important role on events.
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