‘Searching for Summer’, a story about a couple, Tom and Lily who seek for brightness for their honeymoon in post-apocalyptic England. During their search, both follow up on a forest to return an envelope to an old lady who drops an envelope. On the search, both find a cottage that is encircled in sunlight and color. The two settings, England and the cottage, exemplifies the moods that the story portrays.
In ‘Searching for Summer’, it was said that England hasn’t seen the sun for a long time. “It was years since the bombs had been banned but the cloud never lifted….” (66). The quote suggests that there was a war going on and because of that, “the clouds never lifted” thus, the Sun couldn’t peak through. The sky “whitish