GROUP #3: SETTING

The elements of setting as found in The Lady with the Dog and A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings.

By: Thomas BurtonDouglas Durrington

Nicole MooreRachel Simmons

WHAT MAKES UP THE SETTINGThe elements of setting are:

Geography Time Weather Mood/Atmosphere Social Conditions

Setting is the where and when a story takes place.

The setting can instill the reader with emotions and serve to give insight into the narrator’s emotions.

May also influence the plot by driving a character to

specific action.

GEOGRAPHY

Geography tells where a story takes place.

The location of a story is very important because it gives the reader a better

understanding of the story.

GEOGRAPHY: A VERY OLD MAN WITH ENORMOUS WINGS

The character’s names give evidence that the location is in a Spanish speaking country. i.e. Pelayo and Elisenda.

The story most likely takes place in Columbia where the author, Gabriel Garcia Marquez is from.

The story is near a coast. “…Pelayo had to cross his drenched courtyard and throw them into the sea…”

However, the bulk of the story takes place in Pelayo’s courtyard.

GEOGRAPHY: THE LADY WITH THE DOG

This story takes place in Yalta (in the Southern Ukraine), Moscow, and Russia.

It begins in a seaside vacation town, then moves to a lonely cold town.

TIME: THE LADY WITH THE DOG

- Pre- 1900’s. Anna Sergeyevna came from Petersburg. Name changed to Petrograd in early 1900’s. -Time of year: Appears to be late summer into fall; as the author speaks of sultry days. When the story changes to Moscow, it is winter.

TIME: A VERY OLD MAN WITH ENORMOUS WINGS -After the mid 1800’s, probably closer to 1910’s. The word, “ragpicker” came about around 1843 according to Merriam Webster. - Baliffs’ clubs fell out of favor around the early 1900’s. -The story also speaks about airplanes. Airplanes first came about in 1903 in North Carolina.

WEATHER

In A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings the story begins with dreary weather.

“The world had been sad since Tuesday. Sea and sky were a single ashgray thing…” – The writer uses a mood to describe the weather.

WEATHER (CONT’D.)

In The Lady with the Dog the weather in Yalta is described multiple times as being sultry which is hot and humid.

The weather in Moscow was a contrast; it was winter there and snowing.

SOCIAL CONDITIONS IN “THE MAN WITH THE ENORMOUS WINGS”

Religion is just starting to grow Didn’t know about angels, life after death

Pelayo and Elisenda were poor People were paying to see the man

Pelayo and Elisenda got greedyAngel is suffering for everyone’s entertainment15 minutes of fame

Everyone moved on to spider lady

SOCIAL CONDITIONS IN “THE LADY WITH THE DOG”

Moscow is no longer his “home” He only feels at home with Anna

He is surprised that he is attracted to herForbidden romanceDmitri is living two lives

Life with wife: out in the open Life with Anna: secretive, exciting

The Merriam-Webster Dictionary. Springfield, MA: Merriam- Webster, 2004. Print.

Mays, Kelly J. The Norton Introduction to Literature. New York: W.W. Norton, 2013. Print.

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