My group did Section 1 of The Waste Land. The section starts off with saying that "April is the cruellest month..." I immediately thought of my experience with the April 27 tornados. April has always been a month known for severe storms in the Birmingham area, but last year really proved the point. I remember driving to school and the sky was the scariest shade of green that I had ever seen. Only a few kids were at school and the teachers were running around in a frenzy. We had already had a tornado come through and destroy some of the areas in Warrior the night before. We returned home just in time before the storms hit. It was terrible. We could only watch in horror while the news showed the tornado rip through Tuscaloosa and head towards Birmingham. The storms eventually passed. My childhood day care was completely destroyed and I lost 2 people in Tuscaloosa. April 27th will be a day I never forget. April will be a month that I will always label with destruction. This reading really brought back all of the memories and I thought about how April brings destruction, but May brings hope and sunlight. "April showers bring May flowers." May is like the light at the end of the tunnel. Out of the darkness, comes light and hope. I believe that Eliot was trying to emphasize how April allows for flowers to grow and winter to leave. Spring is coming and it will be warm and beautiful again.
P.S. Commented on Brittany's post, "Adventure Time."
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