how does the author use figurative language to establish a tone of wonder in the first 2 paragraphs of the essay. "called out" by Barbara Kingsolver.

I feel like the central idea has more to do with how we affect nature. In the story, she states, "While nearly everyone else on the planet was cursing the soggy consequences of El Nino's downpours ... " she uses a metaphor, basically that everyone else was complaining over El Nino's downpours while others were in awe.