Several natural themes run through the story, one of which is the image of a stormy sea. "The treetops where the opposite banks had been, the swamp was an empty sea, awash with sheets of rain, the river lost somewhere in its vastness." (Pg. 357) Dollarhide also uses personification describing the sea as a person. "Down the length and breadth of the swamp others were fighting to save what little they coul

Another image that Dollarhide uses is the house. We quickly see how Dollarhide identifies the house as a living thing. "Now the house seemed to shudder around her like something alive." (Pg. 357) The house floats free struggles up from the clay, and swings out slowly with the pull of the river. The house protects her from the flood. To her, the house is the only "thing" that will stay with her and protect her.

d, maybe even their lives." (Pg. 357) The author bonds the nature with the woman. Her house is built to ride with the flow of the flood. The only things around her are nature. Another images that runs through the story are the trees. The planks of the trees sounds like they are crying in the dark. "Planks creaked and she could distinguish the sounds of object being knocked over." (Pg. 358) The

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