“He came up the road one gusty afternoon under a lowering autumn sky with the new-fallen leaves tumbling about him and his great, dark cloak whipping in the wind.”
There is something about autumn that creates an air of reminiscence. The familiar chill in the wind, the darkening sky, and the leaves slowly falling from the trees bring people back to a time in their lives when they have some sort of significant memory. Autumn always seems to be an eerie time of the year, making it quite popular for artists to try and capture the essence of it’s reminiscent yet eerie nature. The below picture captures what the quote is trying to depict perfectly. The image could even be the perfect setting for a man wrapped in a dark cloak walking up a desolate path. By adding the detail of the black cloak and wind, it provides readers with a sense of mystery and excitement that is displayed in the image below. You can almost see the trees being blown by the wind and the birds in the distance flying away from some unknown disturbance. The author and artist did an excellent job of capturing a sense of mystery and thrill, just through the mention or depiction of the autumn weather and its various traits.
David Eddings, Pawn of Prophecy (New York: Ballantine Books, 1982), page 57
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