The importance of setting in the story

The importance of setting in the story

1. Where has each of the above stories been set?

Answer: In “The Real Durwan” by Jhumpa Lahiri, the story is set in the stairwell. In “The Adventure of the Speckled Band” by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the story is set in Watson’s house in the morning. In “Pride and Prejudice” by Jane Austen, the story is set in the neighborhood of a town.

2. What time period has each of these stories been set in?

Answer: In “The Real Durwan” by Jhumpa Lahiri, the time period is set in the present time. In “The Adventure of the Speckled Band” by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the time period is set in 1883, early April in the morning. In “Pride and Prejudice” by Jane Austen, the time period is set in the early 19th century England.

3. What clues do you get from the setting about the kind of story it is going to turn out to be?

Answer: The setting of the first story tells us that the story was going to be moody and sad. The setting of the second story tells us that the story was going to be suspicious and mysterious. The setting of the third story gives us a very amiable feeling and and gives us warm and loving effect.

4. Now look at Chapter 1 of “To kill a Mockingbird”. Identify the setting of a novel in this novel in this novel in this chapter. Do you get clues about the story that follows from the setting? Write your answer in 150 words (use the SEE/PEE method).

Answer: The setting of the To Kill A Mockingbird is in Maycomb County. Scout, known as Jean Louise Finch, talks about how her brother Jem, older by 4 years, broke his arm badly at the elbow when he was thirteen. To this day she insists that the entire incident began with the Ewell family, the most wretched family in Maycomb County, but Jem disagrees. He believes that the whole thing started way back when Dill came from Meridian, Mississippi, to spend his first summer in Maycomb with his aunt, Rachel Haverford, the Finch's neighbor. To take a broader view of things, Scout suggests that it all started when General Jackson chased the Creek Indians north and Simon Finch, their ancestor, moved up the river and built Finch's Landing. Because they couldn't decide who was right, they asked their father, Atticus, and he says that they were both right. Scout begins relating the stories of her childhood that build up to the night that Jem broke his arm.