Do the rural setting and the natural world have symbolic significance for the characters and the plot? How might the land and country itself mirror the emotional conflicts in the story?
I suppose we readers could think up quite a list of analogies and symbolism. However, I just enjoyed the story with its setting on an isolated farm that required a lot of physical labor.
That tree! I think of them as life giving.. but interesting usage that it also took life away
Bravo another person who felt about the tree as I did!