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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
Section 1
Explanation and Analysis:
“The Blue Hotel” is set in the fictional settlement town of Romper, Nebraska at the start of the 20th century. Though the American West had, at this point, been developing for several decades, settlement communities like Romper were still quite small and functioned somewhat autonomously from state or federal governments. This explains some of the trepidation the Swede experiences when agreeing to stay overnight in a town that exists outside of the law.
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