Who has seen the Wind: Setting - Peacefulness Through Words The poplars along the road shook light from their leaves. A tin can rolled in the street; a newspaper plastered itself against the base of a telephone pole; loose dust lifted…a dust-devil…went whirling out to the prairie. In the summer sky…a lonely goshawk hung. It drifted low in lazing circles. Shadows lengthen…A lone farmhouse window briefly blazes…a man walks homeward …showed first 75 words of 535 total…

…showed last 75 words of 535 total…farmer. Mitchell’s description of settings, are my favorite passages in the novel. Being from the prairie myself, I can relate to some of his descriptions because I have experienced them myself. Mitchell chooses his words very carefully. His descriptions are almost poetic. I can’t recall any piece of writing I have ever read to be able to create a mood within myself as effectively as Who Has Seen the Wind is able to.