... we could look across a valley and see a forest of chestnut trees and behind it another mountain on this side of the river. [2] There was fighting for that mountain too, but it was not successful, and in the fall when the rains came the leaves all fell from the chestnut trees and the branches ... with rain". The transition from summer to autumn represents a more significant part of the novel. In the beginning, the weather in the novel is dry, but when Catherine reveals that she's pregnant, all of a sudden "it turned cold that night and the next day it was raining" (Hemingway 142). The am...

• Word Count: 1144
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

... the author as bountiful with different crops growing in the summertime. As the seasons change in the beginning of the story, so does the weather that brings about the autumn and winter months. It is within these months that the narrator describes the cold rain, and the death that immerses with the ... The exposition talks about the movement of the soldiers and the trucks along the dirt roads during the changing of the seasons. There are no main characters mentioned during the exposition. As the reader you only know of the person telling the story. The audience does not know who the narrat...

• Word Count: 1000
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School