"Who Has Seen the Wind" by W.O. Mitchell

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The writer of this paper analyzes and explains why the novel "Who Has Seen the Wind" is more than just a story about a boy and wind. The wind, so vividly described in the book, is an important aspect of self exploration and is epitomized as a part of nature that we can feel and hear but not see. This book delves into the depths of self-discovery while displaying the main character, Brian's coming of age as an exploration of life.

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"The wind is also an important aspect of this exploration. It is that part of nature that we can feel and hear, yet cannot see. The wind is both a tangible image in that we can document its affect on the land and it is a spiritual image in that we are forced to acknowledge it as something greater than ourselves.
In Chapter One, existence is stripped to its barest form: "Here was the least common denominator of nature, the skeleton requirements simply, of land and sky. . ." This is an interesting parallel to the story of the creation in the Bible. God began with the land and the sky. All else became inhabitants, accessories."

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