Rain can be interpreted in many ways. For some, it is a gloomy idea that suppresses any desire to do anything. For others, it is a foreshadowing concept, meant to lead on the main character in a story to his fate. Which brings us to how rain is interpreted in books.
Rain is always meant to allude to something in stories. It is involved in the reuniting of lovers, as they see each other for the first time in a long time in which their only goal was to see the other, and they run the long distance to one another and share a passionate kiss. Yea. That's what happens.
Maybe a tragic time is dramatized with pouring rain on a war battle, or a car accident. The rain pours down the faces of people in hardships like sweat and tears, and they look up and curse the sky and wonder why this has happened, as if the rain could pours answers into their head. Who knows? Maybe it can.
Sometimes a character is having bad day, and big shocker, rain decides to come, and suddenly their day is somehow much worse. They sit and sulk while they lean their head up against the window and watch the rain drops spill on the glass, silently racing downward.
In all of these, rain is an omen. Some sort of omnipresent blessing that for sure is bound to make something happen. And rain is all of these things above. It is special. Whether you want to admit it or not, some of the best things happen in the rain.
Ahhh the power of observance. Books, movies, and other media definitely uses rain as an emotional outlet, whether the author/director is trying to get the reader/viewer involved in romance, love, pain, tears, depression, relaxation....etc. Extreme emotion is always, always, always accompanied by rain. It's as though the characters have been dealing with something (positive or negative) for so long....it builds up and up and up, just like the humidity and heat on a Maine summer day. And, just as there is a breaking point when the dam breaks and the rain pours, emotions reach their peak and something tumultuous occurs in the story-line.
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