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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 Curious Case of Benjamin Button” is set in Baltimore between approximately 1860 (when Benjamin is born) and 1930 (when he dies). Fitzgerald’s decision to have the story start a year before the outbreak of the Civil War is intentional—the narrator notes how the conflict overshadows the fact that Benjamin is born a 70-year-old man and explains why there isn't more of a commotion. It could also be argued that Fitzgerald is drawing a connection between how, with both the Civil War and Benjamin’s condition, characters have to face the fact that changes are happening outside of their control.
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