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Symbolism in The Long Rain
Title: Symbolism in The Long Rain
Category: Literature / English
Details: Words: 580 | Pages: 2.5 (approximately 235 words/page)
Symbolism in The Long Rain
Parallelism in “The Long Rain”
I think that the setting in the short story “The Long Rain” is a parallel to reality. This short story is set on the planet of Venus, where the rain never stops. The scene is pale and bleak. There are dark clouds rumbling across the sky. Everything is colored in a shade of gray, except for the bright blue lightning.
The story begins with a group of men, led by …showed first 75 words of 580 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 580 total…planet there is a heavy price. He has lost all of his men; most if not all of his friends are now dead. This also parallels reality in that even with our victories we almost always lose something.
I do not think the author intended to make this a parallel to life on Earth, but I do think that all good stories need the references to life to let the reader identify with the protagonist.
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