Lutie Johnson In Ann Petry's The Street

In a competition between man and nature, nature more often claims victory. Pitted against tsunamis, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions, nothing man made is permanent. In an excerpt taken from Ann Petry's novel, The Street, the main character Lutie Johnson is antagonized by the tumultuous winds that inhabit the town, along with the frigid cold. Using such literary elements as dark imagery, descriptive selection to detail and appalling personification, Petry successfully captures Johnson's relationship with the urban setting.
Imagery plays an important role in portraying the antagonistic relationship between the Johnson and the wind by allowing the reader to visualize Johnson's fierce struggle to find a home. Petry starts with "November" and