's house, an old lady condemned to the same poverty like the others. In order to remove the dust of obscurity, the author reveals that "Delia's house was really no house at all, but an abandoned store building converted into a dwelling. It sat near a crossroads, beneath a single black cedar tree." The story concentrates on their conditions and it seems that time put its dust not only on the history path of their lives, but on their farm. The fact that people are living in farms makes them form unconsciously a big family. People are sharing their goods among them, even though there are cases when things are stolen. Even the animals can feel the pain from their souls, the dearth and absence of life. In order to point out this fact, the author shows that "there were three frizzly chickens in the yard. All his other chickens had been killed or stolen recently [...]. But even the frizzly chickens seemed now to be in a stupor. Jeff thought they had some ailment; he expected all three of them to die shortly." Life seems to interact with inert elements in order to concentrate on people's lives being gradually affected by the hard situation. Their "old model-T Ford" is the element that underlines once more their poor condition and even though the car may show a short coming to life, Jeff knows that this is not going to be and last forever. He knows that for his tormented and poor situation, true happiness lasts only
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