In the story "The Gift", by Louis Dollarhide, he makes use of nature imagery on both the human relationship with objects and nature. The Oxford Reference Dictionary defines "nature" as "1. The phenomena of the physical world as a whole . . . 2. A thing's essential qualities; a person's or animal's innate character . . . 4. Vital force, functions, or needs." We will see how Louis Dollarhide comments on all of these. Several natural themes run through the story, one of which is the image of a stormy sea. "The treetops where the opposite banks ....