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In Mosquitoland by David Arnold, not only do the settings have effects on the plot/characters, but major or minor events do too. Without some of the following events, the plot would have been altered and would clearly not be the same.
One example would be when Joe (Poncho Man) enters the ladie’s restroom. This scene is very sickening, as this is the scene he tries to make Mim kiss him. Starting on page 98, Poncho Man (Mim doesn’t like referring to him as his own name) enters the women's bathroom (Arnold 117). He starts off by making a remark about the smell and then goes on over to Mim. Later on he ends up kissing Mim without consent, where Mim’s reaction is to throw up in his mouth. After this event Mim felt uncomfortable around Poncho Man, therefore she decided to get of the Greyhound bus and continue her journey on a rental truck.
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Another example of cause and effect in Mosquitoland by David Arnold would be Eve’s illness.
The whole purpose of Mim going on the road trip was to see her mom. Of course she missed her mom and wanted to see her soon, but the idea of going on a road trip was pushed by the announcement of her mom’s depression. “It’s a long way to Cleveland, so i’ll try and space the rest out, but for now, know this: my Reasons may be hard, but my objectives are quite simple. Get to Cleveland, get to Mom” (Arnold 28). This quote from the novel explains why Mim left Mississippi—because of her mother illness. Without the announcement of her mom’s illness, Mim would still be missing her mom, but probably wouldn’t have went to Cleveland. The illness was just the right kind of information to persuade Mim to leave. As you can see, her mother’s illness is an example of cause and effect—the cause being the illness, and the effect is Mim leaving
Mississippi. Another example of cause and effect would be when Mim looks at “17c” on the bus. “17c” is what she called Beck when she didn’t know his name. “He has longish brown hair and beautiful dark green eyes. His stubbly beard isn’t preteen-ish, it’s I-don’t-know . . . rugged, yes, but not only. It’s the stuff of hunter and builders. It suggests outdoorsy intelligence. It’s desert-f******-island stubble, is what it is” (Arnold 117). Later on, on page 185, Mim finds Beck again, this time with a black eye. If Mim hadn’t been so mesmerized by Beck’s face in the first place, she wouldn’t have recognized him at the police station. Without this scene, Mim would have carried on with her journey without Beck and some important decision wouldn’t have been made. As you can see, these two scenes are an example of cause and effect. Overall, many minor and major events in the book Mosquitoland by David Arnold were example of cause and effect.
In Playing for Pizza the author uses a lot of different settings to show the readers how life is in each country. For example in the novel it states “It was snowing and Rick was tired of Cleveland.” pg 11 Rick was tired of Cleveland because he was the most talked about person in professional sports for blowing a 17 point lead in less than 11 minutes in the AFC championship game. Furthermore he was tired of Cleveland because there was a lot of people who were trying to kill him while he was in the hospital. Another example from the novel is “They’re calling me to warn me not to call them. I’m...
The setting in the movie differs from the setting in the short story in a few ways. The setting in the movie dives into larger detail in many of the scenes such as in the beginning flood scene. The flood scene setting in the movie reveals an eerie, strong, storm with a flood that resembles a river and flashing scenes of antique Indian statues, whereas in the story, Rudyard Kipling plainly states that there was a flood. Personally, I also felt that Rudyard Kipling leads you into thinking that many of the settings appear one way, but they do not seem this way in the movie. Some specific examples of these settings include the house and garden. The house...
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Setting - Identify the physical (when/where) settings of the book. How do these settings affect the moods or emotions of the characters?
The setting or settings in a novel are often an important element in the work. Many novels use contrasting places such as cities or towns, to represent opposing forces or ideas that are central to the meaning of the work. In Thomas Hardy's novel, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, the contrasting settings of Talbothays Dairy and Flintcomb-Ash represent the opposing forces of good and evil in Tess' life.
How the theme of the novel is developed and enhanced by plot, character and setting.