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Part Two, Chapter Four opens with rain covering everything, including the wheat fields that Ivy Peters has grown in the marsh. What does this rain symbolize, especially as it buries the Peters fields?
The rain shows that nature cannot be conquered. Despite the conquest of nature that Niel admires in the Captain and the exploitation of nature that he sees in Ivy Peters, nature remains unbeaten. Captain Peters will die and Ivy Peters will try to grow wheat, but nature always does what it will.
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Do you find it surprising that Ellinger marries Constance? Why did he choose to marry her? What does the marriage suggest about his relationship with Mrs. Forrester?
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