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Nights Of Rodanthe Weather Analysis

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Chapter 9: Weather expresses the mood and creates the atmosphere for a story. In the story Nights of Rodanthe by Nicholas Sparks, a man and woman are suffering from their convoluted and complex lives. At the beginning of the story the weather is sunny and calm representing the happiness the man and woman try to portray about their lives. Towards the middle of the novel, a hurricane comes and destroys everything. During this storm the man and woman connect on a deep emotional level and breaks down to cry. The storm represents their messed up, destroyed lives. The rain represents the tears they have held in and are now pouring out to each other. Rain can symbolize restoration, the rain in the story was a symbol that the man 's and woman 's

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