Setting

The Shipping News

by Annie Proulx

The Shipping News: Setting 1 key example

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
Chapter 24: Berry Picking 
Explanation and Analysis:

Though the first three chapters take place in Mockingburg, New York, the majority of the novel takes place on the coast of the Canadian province of Newfoundland, in a small town called Killick-Claw. Based on its historical and cultural references, readers can glean that the novel is set in the early 1990s. 

Chapter 26: Deadman
Explanation and Analysis:

Though the first three chapters take place in Mockingburg, New York, the majority of the novel takes place on the coast of the Canadian province of Newfoundland, in a small town called Killick-Claw. Based on its historical and cultural references, readers can glean that the novel is set in the early 1990s. 

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