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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:
The novel takes place primarily in the Yukon—Northwestern Canada and Alaska. The social and political backdrop is the Klondike Gold Rush. In 1896, seven years before the novel was published, miners discovered gold in the Klondike area. Roughly 100,000 people flocked to the area, largely from cities up and down the West Coast of the United States. There was little infrastructure for the sudden influx of people, which led to "boom towns," or sudden temporary settlements that popped up (Dawson City, for instance, is one of these). Traveling between towns was arduous and generally required a team of sled dogs. Buck is kidnapped from a comfortable estate in California and brought to the Yukon to work as a sled dog.
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