Explain the metaphorical usage of the rainstorm that occurs in Book Three, Chapter 3.

The rainstorm that ends the drought symbolizes the end of the darkest time for Ndotsheni and Kumalo. The community will not be completely destroyed, and there is hope for a better future. The rainstorm is a metaphor for the intervention of James Jarvis, arriving in the village at the same time as the man himself, and singlehandedly bringing about the revitalization of the community.