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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
Key Examples in Indian Camp
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Explanation and Analysis:
“Indian Camp” is set in a Native American camp in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan in the early 20th century. “Camp” is a shorthand for an encampment, or a rural community in the woods made up of a cluster of families and homes. Hemingway establishes the setting early in the story when he describes Nick, his father, and Uncle George docking on shore and walking through the woods up to the camp:
They walked up from the beach through a meadow that was soaking wet with dew, following the young Indian who carried a lantern. Then they went into the woods and followed a trail that led to the logging road that ran back into the hills. It was much lighter on the logging road as the timber was cut away on both sides.
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