Death is the only constant in this universe because it is completely and irrevocably consumptive. When an expecting mother thinks of her future, she thinks of taking first day of school pictures, buying the first car, and sending her child to college. The last thing on her mind is that the only certainty in her unborn child’s life is death. In using this wording, Hemingway shows that even an unborn child can already be considered “gone” with death. Another thing that often comes unexpectedly is weather. Whether or not one expects it, weather will always come as it wishes. Hemingway states that their “was not the feeling of a storm coming,” but it comes anyways and with it comes rain. This rain covers everything that comes in contact with.
