November Prompt: The Wind of Changes

[Prof. Tarma Amelia Black]

In November come many changes to our physical environment. Winds come up and blow the leaves off of trees. A chill enters the air, freezing happens. Or, in the southern hemisphere, things start warming up. Winds might start to decrease, lose their chill factor.

How do the changes of seasons, particularly the onset of wind, and the rain or snow often brought with the wind, affect books? Some books seem to use the change of seasons as a major plot device.

For example, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows has a whole section dedicated to when Harry, Hermione (and sometimes Ron) are occupying a tent out in the wilds. No shelter from winds, outside, or from snow or ice.

What would have happened in the story if they had had to flee in the middle of summer? Would it have seemed so dire, so urgent, for them? Would the hardships sustained have made the same impact?

What book do you think of, or portion of a book, where it is set in the beginning, or dead, of winter where the whole plot and feeling of the story would be changed if it was set in a balmy summer?

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