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Ungifted

What imagery used by the author helped you visualize a setting and why was this important for you as the reader?  Explain.

Donovan --> Rolls the bronze globe --> Rolls towards the gym --> Hits the glass gym door --> hits the gym floor --> big mess is made --> Mr shultz trying to find out who caused all the damage

In the book "Ungifted", the author used imagery to add a effect on the setting that leads to the conflict. For example, Hardcastle. It was where one of the first major conflicts that happened in the story. " It pulverized the glass door, sending up a blizzard of shards that obscured the entrance. I heard a very sharp whistle blast." (Korman 9). By using certain descriptive words, the reader was able to visualize how the bronze globe did such damage to the gym door and floor. With the reader visualizing what it looked like, it also showed the reader that the damage it had done. Therefore, it will also show that how deep of a trouble donovan would get into if Mr Shultz finds him.

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Ungifted

2. How does the time period or setting influence a character's motivations, decisions, or actions?

School- Unfair- No friends

In the book Ungifted time period has effected a charter's motivation, decisions, and actions. The main character, Donovan, was nearly expelled from his old school because of his inappropriate actions. Due to his friends motivations, the twins, he was actually surviving from the gifted school. "Noah Youkilis gave Daniel Sanderson a black eye at the dance on friday night. It happened when Noah did that Wrestlemania dive from the dee-jay's speaker tower."(Korman 160) above in this quote it cleary displays how when your off power and no one likes you, you get beat up or hang when you attemept a party or a dance.

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Skeleton Creek
By Patrick Garmin
2. How does the time period or setting influence a character's motivations, decisions, or actions? explain

The library and the woods-->The history of the town and the fact that it is haunted---> This makes Sarah and Ryan do crazy things and explore the woods.

In the book skeleton creek the setting affects Ryan and Sarah's decision. " None of this would of happened if we'd stay away from the Dredge. The Dredge is a crucial part of the towns dreary past." (Garmin 20) This shows that the fact that Skeleton Creek is haunted it had made Ryan and Sarah's choices throughout the story. After they learned the history of the town from the library they began to explore evan more than they did before and Sarah ended up seeing this weird figure in the house. The setting even made Ryan involved in the death of a worker. Sarah is a person who is really brave and loved recording things and Ryan is a boy who loves writing, Sarah has always made Ryan explore the woods so they have nice footage and have a good story to write. Because Skeleton Creek is what it is it really advances the plot and affects the characters choice.

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School- Unfair- No friends
In the book Ungifted

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2. How does the time period or setting influence a character's motivations, decisions, or actions?  Explain the relevance/importance.

1900 Baseball --> Racism, Unfair times, Expensive --> How Baseball has shaped the future today.

In the Book We are the ship by Kadir Nelson explains how the past of baseball has shaped the future of Racism in America. A quote that I would like to share is in page (74, Nelson) "He received death threats, and someone even threatened to kidnap his little boy. On the field, the fans called him names and threw stuff at him. Pitchers threw at him, and players pushed him around and tried to spike him when they ran the bases. He had to deal with that kind of thing every single day. And the worst part was that he couldn't fight back." Even if this was only directed towards Jackie Robinson when he first played in the majors, This quote still gives a clear description of how most African-Americans were treated, regardless if they played baseball or not. It was a unfair time since there was always a bias with either the judges, crowd or the umpires. However, Jackie Robinson had given a golden opportunity for all African-Americans to play in the majors, instead of in their own leagues. The way how Baseball had impacted racism during the 1940's was crucial to the future right now.

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4.  How does the description of the setting contribute to the mood of the book or this part of the book?  Explain.

Winter -> School -> Far side of playing field -> bench -> girl

In Friends for Life by Andrew Norriss, the book starts out with Francis searching for a place so that he could be alone. He decides to go to the far side of the playing field where there is a lone bench 'directly opposite the main school building' (1). "The wooden slats were still coated with frost, but this did not seem to trouble her. She sat there, and stared calmly out across the field at the building on the far side, without uttering a word." (2, Norriss) This description of the setting contributes to this part of the book because since it's winter, the bench should be 'coated with frost'. Even though the author describes

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3.  What imagery used by the author helped you visualize a setting and why was this important for you as the reader?  Explain.
Pipeline ---> dank, worn, dark, wet, broken --->This helps the reader visualize the setting, this helps us determine how the setting reflects the mood and emotions of the characters

In the book The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau, the way the author described the setting helps the reader understand how the world around the characters reflects both their moods and emotions and the way they see their world. "On either side was a sheer wall of dark reddish stone, glistening with dampness. There was no railing. Along the ceiling ran a single wire from which a light bulb hung every few yards. Water stood in shallow pools on each stair, in the hollow worn into the stones by years of footsteps." (DuPrau, 41) In this quote this is especially evident, as I had stated in my previous post, there is a sense of hopelessness and despair in the characters of this book. Since this scene is deep underground in a part of Ember that is not commonly seen, the setting implies something else about the people's character. It was a sign of their hopelessness, their pover

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3.What imagery used by the author helped you visualize a setting and why was this important for you as the reader?  Explain.

Stadium --> Dragon (giant, vicious, scary) --> Help the reader visualize the size and how scary facing an angry/ protective dragon

"There were hundreds and hundreds of faces staring down at him from stands that had been magicked there since he'd last stood on this spot. And there was the Horntail, at the other end of the enclosure, crouched low over her clutch of eggs, her wings half-furled, her evil, yellow eyes upon him, a monstrous, scaly, black lizard, thrashing her spiked tail, leaving yard-long gouge marks in the hard ground." (J.K Rowling 353) The description of the dragon helps the reader visualize in their head on how vicious the dragon must have been while Harry was stuck in the inclosure with it. And its glowing yellow eyes staring down at him. The

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Book: Skeleton Creek
3.  What imagery used by the author helped you visualize a setting and why was this important for you as the reader?
Dredge -> home >_< -> Dredge with Sarah -> hospital

In the book Skeleton Creek, by showing the image of the SKELETON CREEK and saying in the video, there're ghosts and they rewind the video again and again. This make us to imagine they are really curious of the Skeleton Creek. Also, by Ryan's mom talked Ryan that he was fell down over a day. This help readers that he harmed by Dredge and parents could decline Ryan's suggest. Like this mood, readers could think that Ryan lost his best friend, also his girl friend, and can't solve his curiosity. And author's opinion make us have question or opinion like this: I both agree and disagree parent's, the author in the book's opinion. ( What am I talking about!! hahahaha) I think the safety of children is also important, however for children's dream, we have to open our mind.

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Book: Everything Everything
3.  What imagery used by the author helped you visualize a setting and why was this important for you as the reader?

Bright Californian Sun -> perfectly manicured lawn -> Outside has good weather and vibrant colours

When the author writes about how Madeleine is very observant, she takes in how the outside looks like: "I'm not prepared for the bright...Everything is haloed." (Yoon 21) Also, when Madeleine describes the room and about how much she loves it, it really makes you think what it would be like to be there. She talks about how it's like actually being outside but it's just all made out of glass, it sounds like a green house.  "THE SUNROOM IS my favorite room in the...manicured back lawn" ( 71)

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How does the setting shape or contribute to the development of the plot or conflict in the story?

In Anya's War by Andrea Alban, the setting in a jewish family that has fled to Shanghai during WWII contributes to the conflict of their discrimination in their new home.  A quote that shows this is the way the Chinese merchant describes her after she attempts to as a "Russian girl. Trying to Jew me down" (Alban, 11). This shows that the native Chinese dislike the jewish based on stereotypes on their fiscal behaviors. If the family was Chinese, the costermonger probably would've treated her differently, which shows that the setting affects how the family feels, as in return they call it "this filthy town" (11). Anya and her family encounter more serious discrimination later on in the book, all because of their faith and because of the social views at the time.

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Book: Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire by. J.K Rowling

2. How does the time period or setting influence a character's motivations, decisions, or actions?

Hogwarts --> Home / welcoming, comforting (Triwizard Tournament makes a more serious mood)-->

In Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire by. J.K Rowling, the author set the time period of Harry's fourth year at Hogwarts and makes the mood more serious. She does this by introducing the Quiddich World Cup and having disaster strike that effected several different characters. "You've got someone?" shouted Mr.Crouch, sounding highly disbelieving. "Who? Who is it?" They heard snapping twigs, the rustling of leaves, and then crunching footsteps as Mr. Diggory reemerged from behind the trees. He was carrying a tiny, limp figure in his arms. Harry recognized the tea towel at once. It was Winky" (Rowling 131) The Quiddich World Cup accident had made Mr. Crouch free his house elf, Winky because she was accused of  conjuring the Dark Mark that is only used by dark wizards although house elves are forbidden to use a wand. This also brought lots of shame to the house elf, Winky because her family always worked for the  Crouches even many generations before her. This caused Mr.Couch and the rest of the Ministry of Magic to react badly towards Winky and the Golden Trio

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Book: LoRD OF THE FLIES
1. How does the setting shape or contribute to the development of the plot or conflict in the story?  Explain the relevance/importance.
The cliffside --> extremely dangerous and threatening --> causes Piggy to get flung off by massive rock he could not see coming.
"The rock bounded twice and was lost in the forest. Piggy fell forty feet and landed on his back across the square red rock in the sea. His head opened and stuff came out and turned red. Piggy's arms and legs twitched a bit, like a pig's after it had been killed. Then the sea breathed again in a long, slow sigh, the water boiled white and pink over the rock; and when it went, sucking back again, the body of Piggy was gone." (Golding 165)

The setting of the island (more specifically, the cliffside) is able to provide us with one of the most important and chilling moments in the entire book. The death of main character, Piggy. The setting masks the true terror of the event occurring. The cliffside leads down to a forty feet drop, with strange pink cubes resting there. However, the setting also gives a hand in Piggy's death, allowing the tumbling rock to through him to the harsh pink rocks below. With his death, the relatively new sense of terror and hopelessness becomes much more established. Two other characters, Sam and Eric also experience major character changes. They lose their own hopes and submit to the savage and basic human wants that infest the cruel and sickening new tribe on the island. The fact that school children, the oldest of whom are young teenagers, go out of their way to harass and kill one of their peers is down right disturbing. Not only that, but the death of Piggy can be seen as a metaphor. His head opening with what seems to be brains coming out could be a symbol for the loss of common sense and humanity among the young boys, and the water rising up and washing Piggy away could be another metaphor for how any trace of previous humanity is now lost, replaced by the basic and savage tendencies of dominance and hatred among prehistoric humans. I think this image is able to represent what i am trying to communicate.

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1. How does the setting shape or contribute to the development of the plot or conflict in the story?  Explain the relevance/importance.

Hardcastle-> old, dirty, rusty

-> Dominic sees this, which reminds him about the time he has had in

academy, making him realize how much he missed that place and how much his standers has changed.

In Ungifted by Gordon Korman, the author used the main protagonist, Dominic's description of the setting after the return to his old school, Hardcastle, to move the plot along. The plot is moved along by the inner conflict building inside Dominic about wether he truly belongs in Hardcastle anymore; “You can see it in the paint job, and taste it in the bad cafeteria food. You can hear it in the dead air that hangs in the classroom when the teacher asks a question. You can smell it in the sweaty gum socks—so different from the synthetic-oil aroma of a set of Mecanum wheels” (215). Dominic’s description proved how much he has changed, how his standers of his surroundings have up graded. Dominic’s tone in describing the setting also showed how Dominic is disgusted by the School, causing him to start reflecting about the wonderful times he’s had in the academy and later noticing how much he missed that place as well as feeling out of place.

2. How does the time period or setting influence a character's motivations, decisions, or actions?
Explain the relevance/importance.

In Ungifted by Gordon Korman, the author used the description of the setting, when the Tin Man was sabotaged by another robot Plot-zilla. This description of the setting acts as the motive for why, the main protagonist, Dominic did what he did, later; “It bumped lightly into the pink ring, knocking it off Tin Man’s fork. It made no sound when it hit the floor, it might as well have been a bomb blast” (251). This setting influenced Dominic to jump out from his hiding and finally help the students from the academy to win the race. This setting was his motivation; it was the reason why he selflessly decided to help the students without thinking of the consequence he might have faced if caught.

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How does the time period or setting influence a character's motivations, decisions, or actions?  Explain the relevance/importance.

Home---->cozy, warm, normal family feeling----->Kyle becomes extremely irritable and cranky while arguing with his mother

In Happy Kid by Gail Gauthier, the author starts off by introducing an internal conflict between the Rideua family by creating a cozy, warm, normal family setting that takes place on the dining table: “Lauren and dad both popped a piece of chicken into their mouths while I continued to argue with my mom: “Mom, thank you for believing I’m such a reject I need a book on how to be happy,”” (Gauthier 5). This specific setting influences the main character to make the decision he is making, which is arguing with his mother and being extremely irritable, because he is at home, a place where no stranger will be present. In other words, he makes himself at home. The influence of the setting on the character also influences the overall mood of the scene; because there are a lot of moodiness, crankiness and arguing going on, the mood is automatically seen as tense and gloomy. All this helps create the casual and informal sense of a family’s daily life, making the story and settings itself seem more realistic and lively.

4.  How does the description of the setting contribute to the mood of the book or this part of the book?  Explain.

In Happy Kid by Gail Gauthier, the author puts in a dash of flashback from Kyle explaining about his screwdriver issue while illuminating a very nerve-wrecking mood that's set off by the specific setting itself: "Mr. Alldredge sent me to the reception area behind his office to wait," (Gauthier 32). In this case, the setting is the reception area behind principal Alldredge's office. Identifying that Kyle has been sent to the principals's office automatically gives the reader a sense of nervousness and tenseness, therefore giving the reader the desired mood. The term "principal's office" is extremely devastatingly terrifying because that where students get sent when they have done something wrong.

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Book: Ungifted  - By: Gordon Korman

1. How does the setting shape or contribute to the development of the plot or conflict in the story?  Explain the relevance/importance.

Hardcastle School-->Huge, Crazy, Playful-->

Donovan's playfulness, and the non-seriousness overall to the school brought him some serious mischief. When he is conscious about what he has done... IT'S TOO LATE...

A setting is one of the most significant terms involved in an story. For EX>The setting can annoyed the Character or make it happy. The character's action is what really contributed to the conflict. Even from the beginning when I just got this book. There was a bunch of event happened already in the very front.
Examples: (Setting -School)
1. Like this Incident where this boy named Donovan Curtis easily crashed the gym of the HardCastle Middle with a giant antic Globe, he knew his playfulness will get him to seriously mischief. That's where why he is terribly frightened Cause he knew the staff of the school won't let him off easily. If we switched the setting into somewhere else, Curtis probably won't even care, cause its not a daily place where he often goes.

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Book: Ungifted by Gordon Korman

Academy gym --> Dance --> friends from Hardcastle come --> they start fooling around and pull out tin man --> people from the academy gets mad --> big fight occurs --> Donovan needs to choose which side to be on

1. How does the setting shape or contribute to the development of the plot or conflict in the story?

In the book Ungifted  by Gordon Korman, the setting that contributes to the development of the plot or conflict in the story would be the academy. One of the first conflicts that happened in the book was the valentines dance. Donovan had to choose to help his friends from his old school, or the friends from the academy. The conflicts starts when his friends from Hardcastle rolled out tin man to the center of the dance. With that happening, Donovan thought "if i went back in there to rescue Tin Man, and Schultz spotted me, my whole world would come crashing down around my ears" (Korman 144). The academy was a crucial place that shaped the plot because if the academy wasn't in the story, there would be no such conflict about the Tin Man.

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Book: Skeleton Creek
Author: Patrick Carman

Skeleton Creek with alone -> home -> Skeleton Creek with Sarah -> hospital

How does the time period or setting influence a character's motivations, decisions, or actions?
In the book 'Skeleton Creek' by Patrick Carman, the main character 'Ryan' first went to haunted house with alone and went back to his home to his home with the video that the ghost was in. And with his best friend, Sarah, he went to there again. When they went there, Ryan collapsed and went to hospital. He couldn't meet Sarah anymore and this was the intro of this book. Like this the setting of the haunted house made characters have
conflict with each other. And the mood of the haunted house made Ryan nervous at that time so he had the accident that he fainted for more than 50 hours. So the setting made the story's mood awfully.

Answer of Mr. Steve's comment
In page 44, because of the setting that Ryan went to hospital, he couldn't meet, E-mail, Call Sarah. He couldn't do nothing. Also his parents told him What king of Best Friend nearly kills you. Like this Sarah and Ryan were in conflict with their parents.

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How does the time period or setting influence a character's motivations, decisions, or actions?
The setting of the story that Ryan's going to Dredge, Skeleton Creek, made main character, Ryan wants to go there again by recording the screen of Skeleton Creek. When he went there with Sarah, he collapsed and Sarah and Ryan couldn't meet each other anymore. Like this The setting made characters' parents' decisions worse. However, I guess Ryan and Sarah will make decision and action to meet each other secretly.

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Book: A Long Walk To Water

1. How does the setting shape or contribute to the development of the plot or conflict in the story?

The setting is very casual and creates a very comfortable beginning , with a very smooth progression.

2. How does the time period or setting influence a character's motivations, decisions, or actions?

In this time period kids didn't have the electronics we would have today. The main character has more time to go outside and helping his family with the farms.

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Damian by Hermann Hesse

2. How does the setting shape or contribute to the development of the plot or conflict in the story?

"(omitted)...Two worlds coincided there, day and night issued from two poles.
One world was my fathers house, but it was even more restricted than that: it actually comprised only my parents...(omitted)
On the other hand, the other world began right in your own house; it was altogether different, smelled different, spoke differently, made different promises and demands..(omitted)"

This is the first part of the first chapter, 'Two Worlds'. The description of the setting by a  hero, a narrater of this book, shows the thinking of the hero. The hero, Emil Sinclair, is creating the mood of the setting. Sinclair is describing two opposite worlds at one time to express his feeling about the setting, or the background. He knows he is in his parent's world, but he is more interested in the other world. His feeling will lead him to another events about two worlds. This introduction is giving a hint about the future story's development.
After this, Emile Sinclair meets a boy called Kromer. Sinclair wants to get in deeper in to the dark world with him, but Kramer gets a weak point of Sinclair(his lie) and made him like a servant. Because Sinclair was interested about the dark world, he met Kromer. After this

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Book: The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks
1. How does the setting shape or contribute to the development of the story or conflict in the story?

She goes back to her home town -> she visits Noah-> they spend loads of time together->they fall back in love

Well, the setting in the book changes every now and then because it shows the perspectives of different people at different times. But first it begins out with old Noah reciting their past back to Allie but Allie is a total different person. They're at a retirement home and old Noah is just reading her their past and their story. How one felt at different times. It starts in a small town called New Bern and continues on that way until Allie's side of the story is told. Allie comes back to town and that's when the huge conflict. Because of her presence back at Noah's house, it changed the whole story, it changed how they had drift away from each other: "It was the reason she'd come" (Sparks 31) Allie returns the next day creating more mischief for herself and Noah. Because Noah had planned a boat ride on the creek, it sets a romantic mood because of the beautiful scenery
2.  How does the time periods or setting influence a character's motivations, decisions, or actions?
Because Noah was feeling low and wanted to forget everything that happened to him in the past, he wanted to get away. Doing so he went to Jersey. But he still couldn't forget. Because around this time, the army were recruiting soldiers, and it was needed that people come help, Noah went to the army: "He spent  his next three years with Patton's Third....then a few moths later in Japan" (29) Patton's Third Army also connects to the time period. Patton'sThird Army was a force during the 1940s.

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1. How does the setting shape or contribute to the development of the plot or conflict in the story?

Home ---> 'big news', shock ---> move ---> change of perspective

In we are all made of molecules by Susin Nielsen the plot starts out with Stewart's mom dying from cancer. So Stewart and his dad feel a big hole in their life and can't ever forget about her. Although that happens, his dad slowly moves on and at his work he finds a nice lady called Caroline. They get along well and eventually decide that Stewart and his dad are going to move in with her and her daughter. "And now we are moving in with them. Dad and Caroline broke the news last month. Dad and I and Schrödinger are leaving our house in North Vancouver and moving into Caroline and Ashley's house in Vancouver, on Twenty-Second between Cambie and Main." (5, Nielsen) Here the setting from Stewart's house is going to move into Caroline and her daughter Ashley's house. This sudden move really impacts the plot because the perspective suddenly is switched. Stewart has to get used to yet another house and might even have to move schools.

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Book: We Are the Ship
Author: Kadir Nelson
2:  How does the time period or setting influence a character's motivations, decisions, or actions?

Setting --> Unfair, Racism, Expensive --> How Baseball has shaped our society that we know today.

In the Book We Are the Ship, talks about how fascinating Negro-League baseball has impacted the course of Racism during the past century. "He received death threats, and someone even threatened to kidnap his little boy. On the field, the fans called him names and threw stuff at him. Pitchers threw at him, and players pushed him around and tried to spike him when they ran the bases. He had to deal with that kind of thing every single day. And the worst part was that he couldn't fight back." (74, Nelson) This quote tells us how much Jackie Robinson had gone through as one of the first few African-Americans to play baseball during the 1900s. He had received many threats playing in the majors against "White" Teams. We learn from this text how African-Americans were treated. Extremely unfairly by the Americans during that time. Baseball heavily impacted racism during its time because of key players such as Jackie Robinson, who managed to pave the path for African-Americans to play in the majors against white teams.

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1. in Besties by Cathy Hopkins.

Izzy wants to grow up ---> peer pressures her friends to do it with her
" 'chocolate milkshakes with marshmallows,' said Nesta, heading for the door. 'How does that sound?' 'Shall we have a drink drink?' I asked. 'You know, while your parents are out. just a taste to see what we might like.' ..... 'oh, come on,' I said. 'Where's you spirit of adventure? Let's make a few of them. Just for a taste.' Lucy looked worried and glanced at Nesta. 'But won't your parents notice?' she asked. 'I mean, if they'll know the levels in the bottles have gone down, they'll know it was us.' 'We're not going to drink that much, Lucy' I said " (Hopkins 431-432)
this quote shows a forshadwing for the end that there is an element of peer pressure between these friends. One wants to grow up and the others are not so sure. Izzie wants to drink because she wants to be a grown-up. It sounds like there is a conflict developing between what Izzie believes is a good idea at there age and what her friends believe she should do at that age.

how the setting shapes and contributes to the plot events in the story

surroundings safe ---- more daring, more places and opportunities

" 'How much is it to have a belly button pierced?' said Nesta 'Thirty-five pounds,' he said 'is it for you?' We both nodded. 'How old are you?' 'Sixteen,' Nesta lied. The man shook hie head. 'Then you'd have to come with your parents. We don't do belly button piercings without parental consent. Sorry.' 'But we have do have our parents consent,' I fibbed "They're totally cool about it.' Ha-ha. Big lie....
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Book: Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
1. How does the setting shape or contribute to the development of the plot or conflict in the story?

Home ---> empty, grey, gloomy ---> Lily wonders why and then she gets the truth from Snowflower.

As the story progresses in Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See, the setting is basically where the protagonist, Lily, is in Snow Flower's home. Snow Flower's home is empty, grey and gloomy and this leads Lily to wonder why and ask Snow Flower for the truth, to which Snow Flower reveals that her father has become a drug addict and lost a lot of money. Snow Flower, misunderstands Lily's consolation as pity: "She buried her face in my shoulder and sobbed. A moment later she roughly pushed me away. Her eyes were wet with tears, but I saw not sadness in them but wild ferocity. 'Don't pity me! I don't want it!'" (124 See). This leads to the next quote which foreshadows what is about to happen next: "I was at a moment of supreme confusion, and I believe it set the stage for what happened later. I didn't know my mind. I didn't see or understand what was important." (125 See). In this second quote, we learn that misunderstandings in the past can foreshadow horrible and regretful things in the future. Basically, the setting of this scene contributes (or rather starts) this huge conflict between Lily and Snow Flower and their bond which then led to regret.

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How does the description of the setting contribute to the mood of the book or this part of the book?

Tropical island -> moist, bug-infested, boring -> Mood of book is bitter, pessimistic, sad

In the short story "Squid Girl" by Todd Strasser, setting plays a large role in the mood and tone of the narrator. As the story begins, the main character, Sierra introduces the setting:  "It's spring vacation and your tree-hugging organic-fruit-and-nut-case parents have dragged you across several boring time zones via two airplanes, one smelly boat and a tooth-loosening Jeep ride so that the three of you can spend a week squeezed into a mosquito-filled tent on this warm, moist, lush, green, tropical bug-infested island" (1, Strasser). This quote tells us a lot about how the main character feels about the vacation, and her relationship with her parents. We clearly see that she dislikes the setting and is in no way similar to her parents in their interest in nature, which is why she feels the way she feels. In a way the setting makes her more despising of her parents, calling them "Dad, aka Mr. Nature Man" and "Bird Woman". We also get a foreshadowing of how Sierra probably will feel during the trip, bored and not amused. It also sets a sarcastic and bitter tone for the rest of the story, which sets a dry and miserable mood as Sierra struggles to find something that will amuse her and keep her from boredom. The setting thus really helps spark a feeling of pity too, as Sierra describes all the bad things about the island

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How does the setting shape or contribute to the development of the plot or conflict in the story?

Society's Secret Cavern ---> orderly, mysterious, dangerous ---> characters wonder why the Society was there, and why they stored tubes there

In Crossed by Ally Condie, the setting of the Society's secret cavern in the Carving contributes to the development of one of the main conflicts in the story that led to the plot. As the story starts, both characters run into a canyon called The Carving, and they find a hidden cavern where "shapes and figures form in the darkness, lit by tiny blue lights along the floor of the cave that shine like small raindrops. But, of course, they are too orderly to have fallen. Other lights illuminate tall clear cases and machines that hum and moderate the temperature within the stone walls. What I see before me is Society: calibration, organization, calculation." (Condie 243) When the characters thought that the Carving was free from the Society's control, the Society actually exists right inside the Carving. This discovery of the Society's cavern contributes to the later discovery, or inference, of the Society's motivation, and the discovery puts the characters in even more misery and tension as the events become harder and harder to comprehend, hurrying them to move forward in a faster pace incase the Society is really there to stop them before they reach their destination.

How does the description of the setting contribute to the mood of the book or this part of the book?

Watford School ---> imposing ---> Simon feels weary, covered in goblin blood

In Carry On by Rainbow Rowell, setting contributes to the mood of this book. The book starts with Simon Snow narrating, and when he gets close to his school, named Watford, he said, "all the Normals think Watford is an ultra-exclusive boarding school. Which I guess it is. The grounds are coated in glamours. Ebb told me once that we keep casting new spells on the school as we develop them. So there's layer upon layer of protection." (Rowell 25). This tells us how the main character Simon feels about his school. The mood is tired and imposing, and I thought it was tired because Simon finally saw the school building after having to defeat a goblin who acted as a taxi-driver, and it's also imposing because the way he described the school building made it sound impressive, and I can almost imagine a school coated with glamours and "layer upon layer of protection" makes me think that  light glows around the building.

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UnGifted
Author: Gordon Korman
1. How does the setting shape or contribute to the development of the plot or conflict in the story?

ASD Gym-->Dance, Hardcastle kids, tin man, Noah--> Hardcastle trouble makers start to play with tin man and ASD gets mad and a big fight breaks out and during this Donavan needs to choose who his real friends are.

In the book UnGifted  their is a lot of conflicts at the beginning of the book but, in the middle of the book a new conflicts unfolds: "Rage almost blinded me, My 'friends' had doubled back to the lab and wheeled out the robot right into the riotous pounding heart of the Valentines Dance."
The setting here moves from Donavan's homeroom to the gym and unfolds a new conflict. At the start of the story the Daniels were Donavan's friends but ever since he was sent to ASD he found out what "real friends" were.  When this conflict happens in the gym it really makes it a lot more serious because the "guests" of the party(hardcastle) had trashed their robot and had pretty much ruined their opportunity in the robot tournament. At this point of the story Donavan really had to pick between the Daniels or ASD and he ends up picking ASD. The setting really helped shaped the plot at this point in the story because if they were not in the Academy they would have never gotten hold of the robot and have never caused the fight between Hardcastle an ASD.

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In Ungifted  by Gordon Korman,  setting plays a large role in developing the plot and conflict in the story.
1. How does the setting shape or contribute to the development of the plot or conflict in the story?

In the story when the main character was sent to the School of Intelligence, he himself was actually the main conflict that he was fighting over for. " She was almost sympathetic. ' no, Donovan, it's just graded.' 'oh.' I wasn't normally grade-obsessed, but this really threw me." (Gordon 77) from the quote above its clearly shows how the setting affects plot and conflict because when Donovan was still studying at his old school, grade wasn't the component to worry about, however, once he met all the experts in variety of courses, he realized that he needs something to make himself special. Just when the teacher told him that you were sympathetic, Donovan wasn't ready for it, here, he had no friends, no-one to talk with, and the teachers are poor. the conflict is actually between himself and his conscious because when the second he realize that learning makes you rich in a way, he won himself. Also "Real Friends" really mean to him.

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How does the time period or setting influence a character's motivations, decisions, or actions?

The City of Ember ---> Worn-down, scarce, full of despair, cut-off ---> The citizens think small and have given up hope of change.
In The City of Ember by  Jeanne DuPrau, setting influences the people's views on the world outside of their city and the concept of change. The City of Ember is a walled city, cut off from the rest of the world which they refer to as; The Unknown Regions. They live on rations from storerooms, must mend everything or  have nothing and every three years are at risk of losing their jobs. Never being able to get another. In a world like this one, with these sort of problems, you're practically born with a mind that thinks small. The people of this town have had their hope and curiosity pushed out by their poverty and barren landscape; "All of them were lined with old two-story buildings, the wood of their window frames and doors long unpainted." (DuPrau, 17)
Nobody questions the system because it's all they've ever known, and in their minds, the only way things could ever improve. This quote hints at how long the state of things has been going on; "...the wood of their window frames and doors long unpainted." (17) This leads to two possibilities; one, those living in these buildings cannot afford the needed materials to fix this. Or two, there isn't anyone who feels that it's worth wasting their money to make the city look better. Either way, it proves one thing; that no one's trying. Not only does this quote demonstrate the character's decisions and motivations but also the potential conflict of the story. What happens to the people who think small and a town that has given up?

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In Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer, Mr. Krakauer starts the novel with a quote describing the fantastical setting as he summits Mount Everest's peak: "Straddling the top of the world, one foot in China and one foot in Nepal, I cleared the ice from my oxygen mask, hunched a shoulder against the wind, and stared absently down at the vastness of Tibet... The sweep of earth beneath my feet was a spectacular sight, and I'd been fantasizing about this moment, and the release of emotion that would accompany it for many months.  But now that I was finally here, actually standing on the top of Everest, I just couldn't summon the energy to care"(7, Krakauer).  In this quote there appears to be a sense of foreshadowing here.  We learn of the desire of climbers to reach this incredible peak but also learn of the energy expended to attain the feat.  In essence, this sets up a conflict, a juxtaposition of the motivations of climbers and the challenges and dangers of the great mountain, where if one can reach the summit, the mountain has taken so much from you that you cannot summon the energy to care and celebrate.  It is this bittersweet tone and implications of danger that sets the mood of the novel.

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Write a short paragraph (Approximately 5 sentences) with text evidence on one of the following prompts:

1. How does the setting shape or contribute to the development of the plot or conflict in the story?  Explain the relevance/importance.

2. How does the time period or setting influence a character's motivations, decisions, or actions?  Explain the relevance/importance.

3.  What imagery used by the author helped you visualize a setting and why was this important for you as the reader?  Explain.

4.  How does the description of the setting contribute to the mood of the book or this part of the book?  Explain.