In the short essay, "The Wolves at Evelyn," Harold Rhenisch illustrates his mother's unpleasant childhood memories; however, this essay communicates deeper voices than just another mere narration about the past experience. Rhenisch wants to articulate the dangerous and overwhelming identity of the peaceful nature. When people think about nature, only the beauty and nonviolent traits are visible, but Rhenisch is able to surface the darker identity of the nature through three features of representation. The haunted and inanimate atmosphere that extends through the entire essay is the main attribute that Rhenisch uses to reveal nature's hostility. Reflects on the suffering that a little girl experiences, Rhenisch determines the mercilessness of the nature. Finally, by emphasizing on the languages and wordings, Rhenisch creates the literal effects on the nature's relentlessness. .
In order to live in the beautiful and peaceful environment, much courage and concentration are required to face the ugliness of the nature. The description of "Jackpine and mud" refers to the lifeless of the plains where living things are not subjected to habit in such place. Even in summer, a soothing season, nothing grows and the treat of the winter is near because the winter lasts half year. Also because of the harsh winter, the daylight span is shorter than usual; therefore, darkness is upon the setting most of the time. Moreover, danger is surrounding the little girl and her family as well. The wolves that are waiting to strike the humans and the rotting logs that might collapse any moment; hostility of nature for settlement and vulnerability of human are formulating the disposition of being haunted and hunted all the time.
The little girl, the only human in the entire essay, is the main victim of exposing under the pressure of the nature. In the beginning, Rhenisch mentions that the little girl "learned cold" in an extraordinary approach, both literally and physically.
