Explanation:
external, when he was walking down the road alone, while cars passing by without stopping to ask him if he needed help or anything
Thornton Wilder expected the audience to feel nostalgic about the setting of Grover's Corners. This event is taken from the "Our Town" play created by Thornton Wilder which tells about a town named Grover's Corners. In the opening scene, the stage manager intends to makes the audience feel nostalgic because he wants to tell them about the town's history. Grover's Corners is described as a small town that does not have big landmarks.
The flowers were so yellow I was nearly blinded.
Hyperbole: an exaggeration
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By helping the reader understand how scary the storm is, because it gives details and reads, "The world was coming to an end."