The Weather

Although I am unsure what role the weather actually takes in this novel, I know that its presence in the novel has something to do with what is happenig. At the begining of the novel, when the narrator is describing the town, he takes time to Point out how the weather is not always favorable and how it sometimes forces the inhabitants to stay confined within their homes. In the later sections, while the rats are dying, and people started to get contaminated the weather turned gloomy, as if reflecting the impending chaos. When people started dying, one patient was even described to find comfort in the weather because of the asthma.