How do you interpret the speaker's statement that her mother's breath "moves/through the family like the wind/moves through the trees?" Why is this effective?

The question symbolises that the mother's breath had a strong effect on the family, and that a bad event is about to occur.

european feudalism was a combination of legal and military customs in medieval europe that flourished between the 9th and 15th centuries. broadly defined, it was a way of structuring society around relationships derived from the holding of land in exchange for service or labour.

japanese feudalism. the era of feudalism in japan took place from the 12th through 19th centuries. during that period local rulers, either powerful families or military warlords, dominated the land, while the emperor was merely a figurehead and not a significant political presence.