The+BIrds-+The+East+Wind

 In the Birds, Nat refers to the "East Wind" and how it is the cause of the birds attacking many times. During the time period Daphne du Maurier wrote in, there was a threat of communism and a Cold War. Since the story takes place in England, this shows that in real life England and Russia were in hostile times because it is shortly after WWII. With this detail, it subtly shows that they blame Russia for the birds attacking in the story as well as the real life war threats.





[|more about russian communists]


 * Question to ponder...

If the story took place in Russia, do you think they blame the birds attacking on the "West Wind"?**


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