How does the theme of Nature influences the decisions of the characters? Faber is shipwrecked on Storm Island and because of ongoing treacherous...

Certainly, I think that you are on the right track.  The element of nature, or aspects outside
of the characters' control, can be seen in how Faber has to kill his landlady, who literally is
the embodiment of being at the wrong place at the right time.  The car crash that cripples David
and emotionally estranges Lucy is another example of how the natural world plays a role in the
influencing of characters.  Faber's arrival on Storm Island, whose name is a...