In the Prologue of The Mountain and The Valley, we are introduced to David Canaan and his family. The novel takes place in Nova Scotia in a small farming community. The writer spends a great deal of time talking abpout the nature surrounding the town. This gives the reader a very good mental picture of where the story is taking place. The writer describes in detail the way the area looks around the house. He describes the climate as very cold and dreary:"Rain had taken the first snow on the fields. The the sudden cold had come" (8). This is showing the reader that the world around the house was at