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This 3 page report discusses two very different American short
stories, produced almost 150 years apart, demonstrate the important nuances of setting in
the overall telling of a story. Bibliography lists only the two primary sources.
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mood for the action and interactions that take place and allows the reader the opportunity to truly see into the physical world of the characters. In addition, setting allows the
reader to form certain suspicions about the direction that the characters are headed and the actions they are most likely to take. Two very different American short stories, produced almost
150 years apart, demonstrate the important nuances of setting in the overall telling of a story. Nathaniel Hawthornes "Young Goodman Brown" was published in 1846 and Tim OBriens "How to
Tell a True War Story" came out in 1991. The "Role " of Setting It should be understood that setting has as much of a "role" as any character in
a story. In fact, it is often the setting that best defines the character. For example, in "Young Goodman Brown," the opening lines of the story establish that he is
in Salem village, that he has a "sweet and pretty wife" (Internet source). that he loves, and that they speak the language of long ago. Each of these add to
the setting, as does Faiths apprehension about Goodman Browns impending journey. A mood is immediately set that causes the reader to feel a sense of apprehension. As he looks back
to see her watching him as he rounds the corner by the meeting house he vows that things will change and that he will "cling to her skirts and
follow her to heaven" (Internet source). Of course the reader wonders what it is that has to change. As Goodman moves onto the "dreary road, darkened by all the
gloomiest trees of the forest, which barely stood aside to let the narrow path creep through" (Internet source), the reader now understands that the sense of apprehension is based on
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