Finally, I said to Haragher: the rain is cold. He laughed and then said: How can the rain be cold?! You are the cold and you are miserable! As for the rain, it is neither cold nor miserable.
In Michael Crichton's "Eaters of the Dead," a conversation unfolds between the narrator and Haragher, where the narrator expresses discomfort in the cold rain. Haragher responds with laughter, challenging the narrator's perspective by arguing that the rain itself is not cold or miserable; rather, it reflects the narrator's own feelings of coldness and misery.
This exchange highlights the theme of subjective experience versus objective reality. Haragher's point suggests that one's emotional state can significantly color their perception of the world, emphasizing how personal feelings can distort the interpretation of external conditions, such as the weather.
