These are constants in nature that cannot be controlled by any human influence and also suggested that the events had occurred before and will occur again. Such divisions in the novel marked a correlation between the seasons and the chain of events in the story. .

             For example, the section marked Autumn, which was characteristic of harvesting and reaping the results of spring planting, was the section of the novel where the reader was introduced to the Breedlove family reaping a "harvest" from the "seeds" of racism, poverty, anger, etc. described in Spring.

             Additionally, in characters like Maginot Line, who was described in natural terms, a woman comfortable with herself and her surroundings, sought to fulfill the pleasures and standards dictated by her own volition, whether they were pleasant or severe. Pauline Breedlove, whose emotions were affected by the weather (Morrison, 111), was intimately acquainted with the colors, sites, and sounds of nature in the south. In their presence she became tranquil and almost whimsical. The lone description of Claudia's father was set to the natural image of winter depicting him as steadfast and penetrating. The narrator said of her fathers face, "Winter moves in and presides there" (Morrison, 61). In all of these characters that natural laws not only governed the environment but were also paralleled to the way human nature governs its environment. .

             Morrison showed a pattern in the man-nature relationship and then applied it to Pecola in Claudia's initial statement on her failed pregnancy and then also in the metaphors she used to explain Pecola's dilemma. One such metaphor could be seen in Pecola's perception of the dandelion and how it mirrored her perception of herself. In one scene Pecola passed a patch of dandelions as she walked into Mr. Yacobowski's store. "Why, she wonders, do people call them weeds? She thought they were pretty" (Morrison, 47).