The poplars along the road shook light from their leaves. A tin can rolled in the street; a newspaper plastered itself against the base of a telephone pole; loose dust lifted...a dust-devil...went whirling out to the prairie. In the summer sky...a lonely goshawk hung. It drifted low in lazing circles. Shadows lengthen...A lone farmhouse window briefly blazes...a man walks homeward from the fields. The horses' heads move gently up and down; their hoofs drop tired sound; the jingle of the traces swinging at their sides is clear against the evening hush. (58,59)

This is the scene at the end of part 1. It is a reprise of the description of the prairie at the beginning of the novel, which describes the prairie as having the "skeleton requirements simply

Mitchell's description of settings, are my favorite passages in the novel. Being from the prairie myself, I can relate to some of his descriptions because I have experienced them myself. Mitchell chooses his words very carefully. His descriptions are almost poetic. I can't recall any piece of writing I have ever read to be able to create a mood within myself as effectively as Who Has Seen the Wind is able to.

There is a lot of effort put into the description of this setting that creates this mood. Mitchell mentions everything that is happening. The imagery is very familiar and easy to imagine. The sound of a tin can rolling and the picture of a newspaper plastered on a pole are common things associated with desolate, empty environments, and so this creates a mood of solitude.

, of land and sky." This scene

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Approximate Word count = 554
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)