The cold winter wind had brought with it clouds so sombre, and a rain so penetrating, that further out-door
exercise was now out of the question. (jane eyre; chapter 1, p. 1
the brooding setting and use of the natural environment to reflect emotion are characteristic of

The greatest gift the sumerians gave the world was the invention of writing. the sumerians were a wealthy people. they needed some way to keep track of what they owned. they began drawing pictures. they used a reed as a pen. they drew on soft pieces of clay. the soft clay was then dried in the sun. the tablet became a permanent record. later, the sumerian drawings changed into wedge-shaped symbols. this kind of writing is called cuneiform. by putting symbols together, the sumerians could write entire sentences.