The Sign of the Beaver

How do the setting and details that the author uses to describe autumn work to match Matt's mood when he recognizes that his family is past due?

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All the nature details suggest that summer is over--everything seems burnt, spent, ended. The summer and its carefree days are over; Matt is lonely and worried. The setting matches his somber mood.