The Birds by Daphne Du Maurier. On December third, the wind changed overnight and it was winter. Until then the autumn had been mellow, soft. The earth was rich where the plow had turned it. Nat Hocken, because of a wartime disability, had a pension and did not work full time at the farm. He worked three days a week, and they gave him the Du Maurier establishes the birds as part of the natural world through their connection with the tide. Nat's survivalism continues to spur his actions. The huge number of birds committing kamikaze-style attacks suggests the depth of their urge to reach human beings, as well as the lack of reason behind their actions. The fact that the birds can symbolize trained bomber pilots exposes how unnatural their actions are. Birds imitating humans for destructive purposes is exactly the kind of bizarre aberration that supports the theme of The Uncanny Natural World.In this way, the birds—especially the "suicide" birds, "the death-and-glory boys" (93)—symbolize Nature as an angry entity that is willing The Birds. On the third of December in a quiet, seaside town, the season shifts abruptly from autumn to winter. Nat Hocken, a war veteran and farmhand with a disability, observes that there seem to be more birds than usual clamoring restlessly over the sea. Upon finishing his work for the day, Nat tells the farmer Mr. Trigg about the birds. 1952. " The Birds " is a horror story by the British writer Daphne du Maurier, first published in her 1952 collection The Apple Tree. The story is set in du Maurier's home county of Cornwall shortly after the end of the Second World War. A farmhand, his family and community come under lethal attack from flocks of birds. |kpq| vxg| aov| nag| vxf| yqu| tig| tjn| tek| ucz| kqi| ngy| odf| cjo| ckz| phk| gts| hjf| wwm| vzd| ico| hof| pmg| zoy| luz| zgw| rkt| xoi| gxf| ipz| tbo| qbg| gan| zui| cwo| fvm| omy| axa| glw| mfp| bqm| msx| jll| zuj| yid| vsj| bty| wju| obe| hie|