Setting
There There
by Tommy Orange

There There: 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
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Setting
Explanation and Analysis:

There There is set in and throughout Oakland, California. The novel's title comes from the famous Gertrude Stein quotation about Oakland from her 1937 memoir Everybody's Autobiography: "there's no there there." This line describes the common belief that Oakland, like many major cities, has changed so much over the decades that any original core of the city is gone. Orange's novel argues that there is a "there there" in Oakland by depicting its Native residents, as well as those just native to Oakland.