There are many different ways to interpret a novel or short story. When we read literature, we do so to learn more about: ï· The human condition ï· The experience of loss and death ï· The structure of power in society and how it is implemented (including the issues that surround race and gender).
sultry. adj, -trier or-triest. 1. (Physical Geography) (of weather or climate) oppressively hot and humid. 2. characterized by or emitting oppressive heat. 3. displaying or suggesting passion; sensual: sultry eyes.
sullen, glum, morose, surly, sulky, crabbed, saturnine, gloomy mean showing a forbidding or disagreeable mood. sullen implies a silent ill humor and a refusal to be sociable. remained sullen amid the festivities; glum suggests a silent dispiritedness. a glum candidate left to ponder a stunning defeat; morose adds to glum an element of bitterness or misanthropy.