We are presented with a world in which both natural and
supernatural elements seem to coexist. The isolated island on which Maurya and her
family live presents itself as a perfect place where superstition and religion have a
massive impact on its inhabitants, and this can be seen principally through the
character of Maurya and the way in which she sees a vision that predicts her last son's
death. Note what Maurya says after going to give her blessing to
Bartley:
I've
seen the fearfulest thing any person has seen since the day Bride Dara seen the dead man
with the child in his
arms.
We are plunged into a
world where blessings are important to avert evil, and where visions are common and
talked about as foreshadowing important events. Maurya's vision of her dead son Michael
with Bartley effectively shows how Bartley as well will join his brothers in being lost
to the sea that will leave Maurya destitute.
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