EOY Essay
In both of the stories, “Charles”by Shirley Jackson and “Seventh Grade” by Gary Soto, they have specific settings that help the stories plots. The setting of a story is a very much needed necessity it helps the reader understand the story.How the setting of “Charles” and “Seventh Grade” helps develop the plot? The settings affect the plot because the time and place are two major details in a story
The setting helps develop the plot for “Seventh Grade” because in “Seventh Grade” the setting is at a middle school in modern times. With the main character Victor tries to win a girl's heart. I know that the setting is a middle school because in the text it states, “He was going to like seventh grade.” This shows that Victor is in middle school also the title of the story is “Seventh Grade” and seventh grade is in middle school. I know that the story is in modern times because in the text it states, “What classes are you taking” Michael said, scowling.”French. How ‘bout you?” “Spanish. I ain’t so good at it, even if I’m Mexican.” This shows that the story's setting is in modern times because the language is not as proper as the
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old times would be for example, “How ‘bout you” people who were in older times would never have said this. Also by the subjects these two kids are talking about we can also tell this is modern times, for example, they are talking about how Michael is taking Spanish and that he ‘aint’ so good at it that shows we are in modern times.This affects the plot because if Victor was in a younger grade, he might not have had the courage to even get close to Teresa. Next would be that if we were in older times, then he might have had different ways to make Teresa his girl and he would have much more competition since in old times it was all marriage. Another thing about the setting is that it is in the beginning of the year. I know this because in the text it states, “On the first day of school. Victor stood in line half an hour before he came to a wobbly card table.” This shows that it is the beginning of the school year because it says “On the first day of school.” Showing it is actually the very beginning of the school year.This affects the plot because if it was the middle of the school year someone might have already taken Teresa due to Victor not trying to get her at the beginning. Also because of the new school year Victor might have a new found confidence that lets him get more close to Teresa. The plot was very important to the story “Seventh Grade” In the story “Charles” the setting is kindergarten 1948 after work war 2.
I know this because in the text it states,”The day my son started kindergarten he renounced corduroy overalls with bibs and began wearing blue jeans and a belt.” This shows that the setting takes place in kindergarten.This affects the plot because of Laurie was in any other grade he might have been to old to make up such lies.It wouldn’t be as believable because Charles would probably not act that way if he was in a different grade. I know the story takes place in 1948 because in the text it states,”Originally appeared in Mademoiselle(July 1948).”This shows that the stories time was 1948. This affects the plot because this was right after world war 2, so world war 2 could have had a effects on Laurie which made him bad, he could have changed because of the
war. In conclusion, if the authors of these two magnificent stories hadn't picked the settings they did it would affect their plot greatly.The authors intentionally picked these setting so that the reader would be able to understand the story better. Both of the stories “Seventh Grade” and “Charles” are amazing stories with amazing plots and settings of their very own.
“You can’t Judge a book by its cover,” but you can judge it by its content. In the two stories: “Charles” which was written by Shirley Jackson, an American writer, who’s prominence was in the late 1940’s through the early 60’s and “The Open Window” which was written by H. H. Munro, also known as “Saki,” who was born in the United Kingdom and made his mark in the early 1900’s, took fairly different approaches to establishing a similar suspense and ending to their stories. This could possibly be attributed to the era in which the stores were written or may be variations in the author’s personalities or even geographical location, but at final conclusion Charles was the better story. The story Charles
Setting does affect character development and storyline in The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton. If the setting in The Outsiders were different than the East side of Oklahoma then the greasers and the socs wouldn’t be their tough, mean, selves.They would be completely different then they are now. The setting really is fatal to all of the characters and the storyline of The
"A Pair of Tickets" and "Everything That Rises Must Converge" are good examples of how setting explores place, heritage, and ethnic identity to give us a better understanding of the characters. In "A Pair of Tickets" Jing-Mei Woo discovers for herself what makes her Chinese and the setting played an important role in helping us understand how she came to this discovery. The setting in "Everything That Rises Must Converge" gave us a good understanding of why the characters acted as they did to the situations presented. The setting in both of these stories greatly contributed to the understanding the characters better and in general the whole story.
Whether the setting of a story is insignificant or important strictly depends on the way the author develops the time, place, atmosphere, and social context. In Faulkner’s “Barn Burning” and “A Rose for Emily” the setting becomes a huge contributor toward the overall mood and timeline of the stories. Faulkner wrote these two short stories in such a way that the audience feels like they’re living in that dusty old house or the farming community in rural Mississippi.
The setting in this story is significant because, the whole story is about how a young black boy is treated unfairly and sentenced to death because of something he did not do. It also deals with the emotions that this black boy faces because he has been treated unfairly by the white people.
The story has different elements that make it a story, that make it whole. Setting is one of those elements. The book defines setting as “the context in which the action of the story occurs” (131). After reading “Soldier’s Home” by Ernest Hemmingway, setting played a very important part to this story. A different setting could possibly change the outcome or the mood of the story and here are some reasons why.
Things can happen in some places and the tale of them will be interesting. The same story laid in another city would be ridiculous. Setting situates the story`s events, characters and mood through place, time and weather. Without the different dimensions of setting, a story would not have the diversity to introduce new or changed characters, define their true identities, compare societies and reveal hidden emotions. Through Morrison`s Sula, setting is used as the key factor behind every event that occurred.
...found experiences and feelings that the reader can somewhat relate to. The narrator was changed from only seeing herself as an American and only seeing herself and her mother’s daughter to being Chinese and being a part of her mother. Setting can create: a better understanding of the characters experiences, the challenges they’ve had to work through, and the longevity of their being. Without the proper use of setting one can only assume that any story could be only dialogue followed by the feeling of being stuck in a blank room with nothing more than the characters. Therefore, setting should never be overlooked or thought as less equal to any other storytelling element.
Through the analysis of the document, ‘King Charls His Speech’, a number of questions and answers result. However, the question of why was Charles I executed is only briefly answered by Charles I’s speech itself, when Charles I states, ‘for all the world knows that I never did begin a War with the two Houses of Parliament.’ Despite this question only being briefly answered by King Charles himself, through his speech immediately before his death, a number of historians have given detailed reasons as to why Charles I was executed.
The setting and tone go hand in hand during the story as both have dark elements that portray the message of the story. For instance, we get a glimpse of the setting when it says, “Early that day the weather turned and the snow was melting into dirty water” (Carver 344). We also get a preview of the tone when it says, “Cars slushed by on the street outside, where it was getting dark. But it was getting dark on the inside too” (344). Both of these lines set the mood for the story and provide of bit of foreshadowing for the events to come. Both the tone and setting in the story help to make the events of the story come into play and reinforce how things can go south in a hurry when it comes to
Setting is one of the most significant elements in a story. The setting goes far beyond the simple physical attributes and external face value. It seems "Eveline" solely takes place in Dublin in an old room, but the setting actually plays a key role in the story. The setting in "Eveline" helps the reader to better understand the behavior of the main character. The setting in "Eveline" is paralyzing, and this helps the reader to understand why Eveline does not go with Frank to Buenos Aires.
The setting of a story is the physical and social context in which the action of a story occurs.(Meyer 1635) The setting can also set the mood of the story, which will help readers to get a better idea pf what is happening. The major elements of the setting are the time, place, and social environment that frame the characters. (Meyer 1635) "Trifles by Susan Glaspell portrays a gloomy, dark, and lonely setting. Glaspell uses symbolic objects to help the audience get a better understanding for the characters. The three symbolizes used are a birdcage, a bird, and rope.
A story must happen at a certain time and place or a person would be partially clueless to what’s going on. Basically, it sets the mood and atmosphere of the story, which makes the setting one of the most important elements involved in any story. The setting isn’t necessarily symbolic, but if the setting was set to be changed to another time or place it would change the perception of the story. For the setting to direct to the shocking ending of the short story is unbelievable. The setting went from very peaceful place, to a place where murder was committed. From a beautiful morning, to a person being stoned to death. “And she held her hands out desperately as the villagers moved in on her. It isn't fair she said. A stone hit her on the side of the head.”(Jackson 286) “It isn't fair, it isn't right, Mrs Hutchinson screamed and then they were upon her.” (Jackson 286) This goes to show the setting at the beginning of a story doesn’t fully determine what's going to end up happening in a story. It’s not likely to expect the setting would’ve transitioned into a murder
For example, there cannot be a story where the plot includes a beach, but the setting for the story is the middle of New York City. In my own life, geography has affected me in many ways. In my life, I used to live near a mountain and nearly every weekend I would go mountain hiking. For a large part of my life I used to hike, but now since I have moved to Mahwah I do not go hiking nearly as often as I did when I lived in New York. The geography change in my life has moved the “story” of my life forth, and the geography now affects what I do and what I do not do. In The Great Debaters, each different setting, such as the debate team debating the African American college and then eventually Harvard, moved the story along. As the setting changed it would reveal more and more of the plot of the story of The Great Debaters. When first getting to the prestigious college of Harvard and looking at the debate room, James Farmer Jr. stepped up to the podium and exclaimed, “Helloooooooo, Harvard!” This shows James’ excitement during this setting in the story, which moves it along against all of the other feelings each kid has had before this part in The Great Debaters. The plot is based around the debates in The Great Debaters and each debate moves the story along. In The Crucible, the geography moves the story along and affects the plot because the whole plot and incident happened because of the geography of the town. At one point, Susanna believed the thing wrong with Betty was supernatural, “Aye, sir, he have been searchin’ his books since he left you, sir. But he bid me tell you, that you might look into unnatural things for the cause of it,” (Miller, page 31-34). This shows that people believed in Salem things could be supernatural because they were separated from any outside knowledge, which would prove against what anyone
The description of the scenery offered me the possibility of placing the action in a certain century, year or maybe month. It also helped me feel whatever the character involved felt such as the cold if it was winter or autumn and the warmth if it was spring or autumn. Such elements are very important to the reader because no matter if we enjoy the book or not, we could talk about it in the future and maybe give a strong opinion on it. Although people mostly read a book for the action it relates, giving details keeps the reader in suspense and they will develop interest as they