Foster's book, How to Read Literature Like a Professor. The twentieth chapter of Forster's novel explains, "Summer [represents] adulthood, romance, contentment, and passion," while "winter [symbolizes] old age, resentment, and death." Knowles uses the winter season to kill Finny and show the mutual resentment between Gene and Leper. Additionally, it uses autumn to show Finny's physical decline. Knowles also shows the transformation into adulthood, the romanticism of war, and the passion for fighting and being an adult. Knowles perfectly uses the symbolism associated with many gods