exposure and storm on the island comparison

• power of nature is destructive

  EXP- “merciless iced east winds that knive us”

  “pale flakes with fingering stealth”

  SOTI- “pummels your house”

  ”exploding comfortably”

  similar- consider conflict between mankind and natural world

  different- EXP soilders are defenceless

  STOI civilians prepare
• different responses to power

  EXP- “what are we doing here”

  “but nothing happens”

  SOTI- “we build our houses squat”

  ”sit tight and wait while wind dives”

  similar- waiting in fear

  different- EXP waiting for conflict to end

  SOTI waiting for it to start