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Definition of Setting
Setting is where and when a story or scene takes place. The where can be a real place like the city of New York, or it can be an imagined... read full definition
Setting is where and when a story or scene takes place. The where can be a real place like the city of New York, or... read full definition
Setting is where and when a story or scene takes place. The where can be a real place like the... read full definition
Setting
Explanation and Analysis:
Before the reader has even opened the book, one element of the novel's setting is made obvious right away: the year in which it takes place. However, Orwell promptly casts doubt on the reliability of the year 1984, when Winston reflects that it is "never possible nowadays to pin down any date." In another instance, he revises a thought about the year with a parenthetical: "(if it was 1984)." As applies to all facts in Orwell's dystopian world, "everything faded away into a shadow-world in which, finally, even the date of the year had become uncertain."
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