As T. S.
    Eliot said, "April is the cruelest month."
April is supposed to be
    the month of resurrection, rebirth, and rejuvenation.   It's the month of Easter, the holy
    celebration of Christ's death and resurrection.  It's spring flowers.  It's mating season.  It's
    planting season.
But all of this is for naught in .  The
    setting is symbolic of just the opposite: sickness, morbidity, decay, fear, and
    suffering.
It was a bright cold day in
April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.
It...
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