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Thursday, May 17, 2007

Setting

How important was the setting to this story? When you think back over the places the narrator has described , which ones do you "see" most clearly in you mind?

14 comments:

kaylah said...

the setting is important cause that where it all bacaically starts at a land with wide open spaces and hores and frams to take care of

Anonymous said...

ui believe the setting is very important. it is where it all starts and all of the adventures take place. the ones i see the most clearly are the ones that Steinbeck used the most imagery to try to get you to visualize the scenery.

victoria t said...

i agree with what brett said. the setting is very important. if the setting was not a ranch, the story would be different in so many ways. if it was a city, the story wouldn't be as realistic as it is on a ranch.

Alexandria M. said...

the setting is very important to this story. I can "see" the beginning of the story with tranquility of just the land no people, no chaos just the land.

Christine B. said...

I think the setting was very important because f it was not a ranch, the story would be different becasue Lennie and George would have not gone to the ranch to strart their jobs. When I think of when Steinbeck describes the setting i remember thefields and the little irrigation ditch abd the bunkhouse.

Amber C said...

The setting is important because you can picture them sitting in a ditch hiding from the people in Weeds. I can see them looking up into the sky looking at the stars and George is talking about what they are going to do tomorrow.

marlena a said...

i agree with brett and victoria :] i agree with them because the setting is very important. like victoria said, if the setting was not a ranch the story would be different in so many ways. it would be less realistic if the setting were a city or something like that.

emmetb said...

i agree with christine because if they hadnt been on a ranch the story couldnt have taken place

lee S said...

i agree with brett because the imagery that steinbeck used wouldnt have worked anywhere else

marissad said...

I think that the setting is very important because it describes the land and the nature. The ones I see the most clearly is in the beginning of each chapter Steinbesck uses imagery to help you visualize the scenery.

indyk said...

The setting is very necessary for the whole basics of the story. Without the sweet mallow creeks and the buzzing and chirping of the fellow organisms and great tender of delciously naked valleys involved in the imagery we would have never known how beautiful the imagery must have been in this story.

GraigG said...

I believe that the setting is very important and see the pond the best because it's best described as calm at the begining and dark at the end.

sab h said...

I think that the setting is very important because without the farm lnad setting the story would be changed in a big way. It wouldn't be the same for the crooks. I think that the fact that it was a farm and made the owner respect the whites better than the blacks because of the slavery thing in the past. Also how he is not allowed in the white bunks but the whites are allowed in his shed. I think that if it wasen't on a farm then they might have changed. It all depends on the setting of the story.

mish s said...

The scenery is important because like Victoria said it would be diffenent if it were a city or somewhere else. The imagery and the way people were treated and their accents wouldnt be the same and that wouldnt be as interesting or realistic at all.