Setting as Character - "124" from Toni Morrison's Beloved
Let's read the opening pages of Toni Morrison's novel Beloved.
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In what ways does this setting resemble a character? Be detailed.
In regards to your setting, What is the setting's:
- desire
- image
- voice
- action
- thought process
- reputation - How is the setting presented by the author?
- conflict - How does the setting relate to characters in the story?
I like how it is a setting that a lot of people could relate to. Such as the area (Ohio) and the weather. But i did find it slightly hard to understand.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite setting has to be the hotel lobby from Suite Life of Zach and Cody. The lobby is always full of action, whether it be because of Zach and Cody or not. The reputation is that the lobby is very fun, loving, caring, and a home even though it is a hotel.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite movie and book is Pride and Prejudice. There is a pivotal moment half-way through when Mr. Darcy proposed to Elizabeth under a gazebo while it’s pouring rain. Both characters judged each other based on indirect actions and prejudice that ultimately resulted in a breakthrough between the two. Their desire for one another in the moment was very much reflecting the weather, all hell breaking lose but there will soon be sun. There is something about rain that just provides a certain kind of comfort but yet turmoil to represent the action of the moment.
ReplyDeleteOne of my favorite books is Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor. The interesting thing about one of the settings in the book is that everyone has forgotten the name of this lost city, so the city resembles a place of mystery and ties to some of the characters as they are trying to remember the name of the city and everything that happens in it before it was forgotten.
ReplyDeleteThe first place that comes to mind, for who knows why, is the show Spongebob. His house, in the show, is bright and fun and shows his personality so well. Their city/location shows lots of creative aspects and watching the show makes you feel at ease because the colors are bright and friendly and the setting shares values of adventure and action.
ReplyDeleteI thought of the tree in Pocahontas. The peacefulness of the water and the representation of the willow tree. It's a place she goes to feel safe and when needing to find advice to continue. It connects her to the past and leads her to her future. The river for her as well is a place of peace for her.
ReplyDeleteEllie Terrazas
DeleteMy favorite setting is my living room at my house back in Ohio. The setting I am picturing is calming and peaceful. There is a stream of sunlight shining into the room from the wall of windows. My dog snores lightly on his bed, as a light gust of wind passes through the house from the back door. The setting relates to me because it is connected to my calming emotions and my home.
ReplyDeleteHoosiers - Takes place in a rural town in Indiana. Everybody knows everybody, there is one stoplight, and the town is full of farmers. The school was very small, only two floors with somewhere around 5 or 6 classrooms. The whole town took part in a vote in a small courthouse. In the movie they say that the town does not appear on many maps. Also, when the basketball team makes the state championship, they repeatedly say that a school that small has never made a championship.
ReplyDeleteOne of my favorite novels is “Giovanni’s Room” by James Baldwin. A big part of the story takes place inside of Giovanni’s bedroom. I think that his setting represents the desire for secrecy in their affair. The setting relates to the shame-ridden conflict that centers at David and Giovanni’s relationship. Giovanni’s bedroom paints the image of how David is struggling with self-acceptance because he only visits Giovanni secretly, but desires a romantic relationship.
ReplyDeleteI like how the apartment complex of Strangers From Hell seems to want to also trap the people who live there in it. Just about everyone who enters that places ends up dying in a pretty brutal manner. It’s also very run down and it kind of represents the owners of the place as being stuck in the past and closed-minded, which is why they all stay together and put up with each others’ actions. The complex is very unwelcoming and a lot of people don’t go around it because a lot of the residents aren’t seen again or are very creepy and have a bad reputation themselves. It works almost against the protagonists of the story, or anyone who isn’t the owners of it; it drives them crazy and aids in creating the paranoia around the heroes.
ReplyDeleteArya Curtis
DeleteMy favorite setting is the dark, or anytime the sun is not open. The darkness of the sky and the world brings light to beautiful things due to contrast. The reputation of the dark, or being without the sun may seem scary or non-beautiful for some, but some people describe themselves as nocturnal.
ReplyDeletemy favorite setting is from lincoln lawyer. the courthouse is always busy and someone is always doing something and the reputation in my opinion is a place where decisions get consequences.
ReplyDeleteSetting: Savannah, Georgia (Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil)
ReplyDelete• Desire: The desire of this setting is to embrace personalities of all kinds, to be wild and eclectic, to show the truth of its inhabitants whether its good, bad, or ugly.
• Image: Savannah is a beautiful city that displays lots of pastels in homes. There are brick houses and old federal style buildings. The houses are all raised; you always go up a flight of stairs to go inside. The city is laid out in uniform garden squares, which may seem to go against its eclectic nature, but really, it creates an image of a hidden green spot within a bustling city
• Reputation - How is the setting presented by the author?: Savannah is presented as a crazy lady. Savannah is a wild girl and she gets pampered and posh every day and night. Everything can be a party and everything is about appearance. She is vain, but not without depth. She takes care of her community but she never forgets to look good while she does it. She is blunt and witty and has that hint of southern charm in every conversation.
• Conflict - How does the setting relate to characters in the story?: The setting relates to the characters because the story focuses around the uniqueness of the townspeople and their lives. After the murder of Danny and Jim Williams’ four court trials, Savannah really matches its conflict because like Williams, she always looks calm, classy, and collected, but they both have some hidden ugliness that lingers over their name.
The desire of this place is to feel free, safe, and to feel a sense of peace. It’s in a house and it’s just got a nice tv, a couch, and has a couple seats so people can sit everywhere. The voice of this place is whatever music is playing, whatever is on the TV, or just what everyones saying. People just hang out, cut up, and have a good time. The thought process of this place is just for friends to bond. The author presents this place as a place for this group of friends to hang out, do funny things, unite with each other, confront each other, but at the end of the day, that group of friends just hangs out and bonds down there. The setting of the place is kind of looks just like a man cave. An unfinished basement with a lot of different things down there, but they have what they need.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite book is called Variant. The setting of the book reflects a lot on the characters as well. It takes place in a big prison school in the middle of no where and none of the kids in the building know where they are. I think this ties in to the characters because they are all forgotten foster kids.
ReplyDeletelena blanke^
DeleteThe setting of this is easily relatable to many of us because Ohio and Kentucky are similar in many ways. Considering that we are pretty close in location, the weather and things of that sort typically tend to have great similarity. The imagery and vocabulary add texture to the scenery and allow the readers to visualize what picture the author wants to paint for the readers as well as it adds depth to the characters individual values. A setting that I love in particular is from the book titled FISH! I was assigned a task to read this book and it describes a woman who was asked to take on a job that was hard to do. She was supposed to completely change the way people viewed working at their job and to change their attitudes. The main setting that stood out to me was the fish market that she visited. Now you may think that a fish market would be gross but it actually taught the main character how to be a good boss who encourages positivity. The people working the fish market were happy, loud, and excited to be there. All of the characters were joyful and radiated positivity. It allowed her to take those aspects that she learned back to where she worked and it taught her coworkers the true meaning of being present, making others days, that it’s okay to play around sometimes, and to have a positive attitude.
ReplyDeleteThe ocean is a very quiet and reserved person. She is peaceful and still underneath the surface. She lets whatever happens happens, but she wants to keep her secrets to herself. She is fine with humans using her for food and travel, but is also fine with storms and waves destroying them and their ships.
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