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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:
Siddhartha takes place in India during the time of the Buddha (~625 B.C.E.). More specifically, the story unfolds in a series of small gardens, groves, and towns along an unnamed river. Each location corresponds to a stage of Siddhartha's journey: he moves from his childhood home to the forest of the Samanas, to the town of the Child People, and finally ends up on the bank of the river as he replaces Vasudeva as a ferryman.
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