Chapter 10- It's More Than Just Rain or Snow
All elements of weather, are never just what they seem. Rain can symbolize anything from mystery and misery to new birth and cleansing. On the same note, rainbows have their own meanings: divine promise (reference to the chapter 7 about the Bible.) Fog signals some sort of confusion. Snow can bring people together or parallel many of the things rain does.
Interlude- Does He Mean That?
As readers we have to be constantly aware of the hidden references, symbols, and parallelisms that the author has hidden.
Chapter 11- ...More Than It's Gonna Hurt You: Concerning Violence
There are many different types of violence: cultural, societal, symbolic, thematic, biblical, Shakespearean, Romantic allegorical, transcendent. Those then fall into two categories: one where something specific happens to the character (getting beat up, stabbings, shootings) and narrative violence where the author causes general harm to the characters (death, emotional suffering.)
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