Vocabulary
Regressive Tendencies
Behavior that leans towards a prior state of development.
Gray
referring to the color of a corpse
Dark Windows
Refers to the eyes, the windows of a person's soul being dark and extinguished of it's life.
like the smoke of a cigar
simile
endless wanderer
Nomad
Phantoms
A being that is uncertain to the Human Psychology
Westerly Direction
referring to the absence of light
Lone Figure
Refers to the nomadic behaviors of Leonard Meade
like a christmas tree
simile
Hypnotic viewing screens and Automated police cars
Technological Control
Manifest
Appear out of thin air
Fire Fly Light
source of light coming from the T.V inside the Houses
Tombs
Leonard Meade imagines the houses as Tombs since the residents are better off dead.
street was silent
alliteration
Dark Windows, grey phantoms, whisperings, and tomblike buildings
Death
Tomb
A place where a Dead body is protected
shadow of a hawk
The darkness is creeping behind Meade like a predator.
Whisperings
Appeals to the supernatural, but a theme associated with the element of death.
Eleven South Saint James St.
Alliteration
No one is allowed out after dark, they are to be in their houses watching their viewing screens.
Governmental Control
Cold War
A non military battle Between The U.S and the Soviet Union
Never Really touching Them
The Steams from the T.V invoke no emotion from the viewer, which shows their loss of individuality
with a final decision made
There is a slight foreshadow that this is the last decision Leonard Meade will make.
cloverleaf intersection
metaphor
The Skeletal Pattern of the Leaf
Death