Analysis Of Laurie Faria Stolarz's Blue Is For Nightmare

“A path made by prey uphill through scrub, across a bald knob and downhill into a section of pine trees and pine scent and that pious shade and silence pines create. Pine trees with low limbs spread over fresh snow made a stronger vault for the spirit than pews and pulpit ever could.” (Page 38) Quotes like these help demonstrate why setting is so crucial to a story. In Winter’s Bone, setting shows the living conditions of the characters and effects the characters of how they act.

However, setting is essential to pay attention to because it creates the message of the story; this is done by describing the geographic location, time, surroundings, and small details that help the reader have a better comprehension of the literature. For example, the protagonist mentions the uncomfortable and difficult situations they must endure due to the extremely dry climate. The quote, “Outside, the water has been sucked from everything. The veins in the leaves are hollow, the ditch grass is crackling. The sky has absorbed every drop. It’s a thin whitish-blue veil stretched from end to end over us, a flat gauze tarp,” helps to describe the setting (Erdrich). The setting is presented in the beginning of the story as one of the hottest days of June and takes place in the town of Argus, Dakota. The lack of rain creates concerns about the growth and prosperity of vegetation in the

3. What is the difference between a'smart' and a'smart'? Why did Eliezer lie to Stein, his relative, about Stein's family? Was he morally right? What other choices did he have?

Dray would try to retaliate due to Fabiola’s actions and try to kill her as Kasim had been killed. So Dray would storm their house, drag Fabiola and try to shoot her but ended up getting shot by Papa Legba, a said to be crackhead on the same street the house is on. This would cause Dray to be killed, which in turn would cause Donna to cry over his dead body. So because Fabiola was trying to get Dray in jail, even though she probably could have just gathered evidence by using pictures, and or videos, she ended up indirectly causing the deaths of two different people. Now both of these problems correlate with the third issue, Fabiola not waiting like her aunt and cousins told her too.

In “The Interlopers” The setting helps you better comprehend the story and how the characters are feeling. “It was an open winter,

Setting is a very essential part of the novel. The setting helps set the mood for many situations and allows the action to be much more exciting and compelling. Thompson does an incredible job at changing the setting just enough amount of times to keep the story very enjoyable. He, of course, also does an incredible job at describing the setting which allows for the mood to be greatly impacted. Roy Dillon lives ¨in a hotel¨ which immediately gives the a mysterious and secretive mood to the reader (15). The reader is given the hint that as a conman Roy Dillon should be very careful about how he lives his life. The hotel as well makes the reader think that Dillon is hiding something from the public which makes him mysterious as a character. Later in the novel, Roy Dillon goes on a type of vacation with his significant other, Moira. ¨Roy rented a car at San Diego¨ which allows for a much lighter, fun mood for the time being since they are in San Diego where many relaxing beaches are it hints at a laid-back mood as well(140). San Diego is viewed by many as a dream vacation, or an ethereal destination which impacts the reader greatly. During this vacation the reader shown more deeply into the lives of the characters. Thompson uses this for the characters to develop within the setting, it allows for the readers to see a whole different side of the characters. On the whole, this is one of the many

In the novel, setting is important towards the interiors, as the vast majority of the novel is set within the closed, confined space, the interior, of the

Strangely enough, setting as an element in literature does not get a lot of attention as other elements in literature. However, the setting can be very useful to both the reader and the author. In most cases, the setting can help the story reveal many things. In Tim O’Brien’s “The Things They Carried”, this is clearly shown. The setting in “The Things They Carried” introduced the story as a whole.

In Jacqueline Woodson's Brown Girl Dreaming, Jackie finds a sense of comfort in Greenville, South Carolina, which is her first long time home and where she spends most of her pivotal growing years; for me my first long time home was on Guido street in Oakland, California, this is where I felt the comfortable to grow and learn freely.

In the novel, setting is important towards the interiors, as the vast majority of the novel is set within the closed, confined space, the interior, of the

He describes it in such detail because he wants to describe the setting in a way that appeals to the reader. Opinions may vary, but when I read the first page I automatically thought of a place abundant in greenery and animals. Maybe even a forest with a running river. But then later on in the book he describes the setting in a very opposite manner.

The setting is very important in a story. The reader needs to know where the characters are. So he/she can get a picture in their head of the scene. Well this story like I have mentioned a few times, takes place on a deserted island, in the middle of nowhere, and Rainsford is in the jungle being hunted. The scene is very important in making the story viewable in the mind of the reader.

The setting is in the country of Ireland, where it is usually bleak and dismal most of the time. Since the weather in Ireland is not great, the winter blues comes over the people of Ireland. In this story, I feel like the reader that each character is majorly affected by the setting. I think the author might have chosen this setting to give the reader more of a way to understand the characters by giving them a background to live in. As the reader, I think if the author gave the

She states “And I have to get away sometimes. I have to. I’m trapped. I have to see Luke. I have to. Too many people here, too many crises I don’t know how to deal with, too much yakkity-yak from all of us, too few words that tell any of us a damn thing about any of the others. With Luke, everything is simple.” (Laurence, 1969, p.205). It is evident that Stacey is once again caught in a conflict with herself. Though she is horrified that she left her children with Tess, and would never want to do that again, but at the same time she is talking about leaving and going back to Luke. Alongside that, Stacey outlines, on a broader scale, Maushart’s theory that the mask of motherhood doesn’t allow mothers to express how they really feel, instead they are expected to hind their feelings and continue to seek comfort by wearing a disguise. She states that she no longer wants to deal with yakkity-yak, and meaning-less words that don’t express anything about anyone. This could be seen as Stacey further cracking her mask. She is realizing that everyone around her is wearing a mask, that hiding who they really

In Alice Walker's The Color Purple, she explores the thin grey line that stands between survival and living. Through her protagonist, Celie, she examines the dramatic shifts of empowerment; focusing on the young black girl in the 1850’s.