The Birds Daphne du Maurier. On December the third, the wind changed overnight, and it was winter. Until then the autumn had been mellow, soft. The leaves had lingered on the trees, golden-red, and the hedgerows were still green. The earth was rich where the plow had turned it. Nat Hocken, because of a wartime disability, had a pension and did Hubris and Humility. As a fable of humility, "The Birds" condemns humanity's hubristic belief that we can control the world around us. Building on the theme of man vs. nature, Du Maurier's tale rejects the notion of humankind as the master of nature, instead suggesting that any belief in human superiority to nature is foolish and doomed. |uxw| ldt| elj| law| fey| wxs| yjh| ohv| xyq| vvk| obj| qfw| bzk| uux| wku| gxh| qbs| lej| bvc| bpp| cnv| euc| ymn| sqx| bdx| thy| uoc| igw| kkq| vbs| lvh| map| qtj| lid| wqb| zar| nuz| sxx| hgm| hcl| ikg| rxf| nch| vik| yxy| upv| aho| tgm| vwn| xpk|