Monday, March 3, 2008
Setting
Discuss the setting in the book you are currently reading. Is the story set in a realistic world like the one you live in? Why does the author present the setting/world as he/she does? Does the author combine the realistic and the fantastic? If so, how and why? Be specific with your answers.
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the setting of the story i am reading is a boy who has just lost his father who must do a quest to save the world
(jakeschuldt)
i am readng a book called the toa of poah and the setting is a book that tells a story that helps people better understand taboism.
(jakeschuldt)
im reading a notherbook called the odessy which is about the son of odisyous who is sent by athena goddes of wisdom to rescue his dad. since ive started reading it all it has been about is how hopeless the mission is.
(jakeschuldt)
The setting in the book that I just read called "I'd tell you that i loved you but then I had to kill you" and this takes place in a town called Roseville and there is this school called The Gallagher Girls academy and it is technacily a spy school (shh! dont tell anyone (lol))and this girl named Cameron went on a mission and this boy stopped her and then she and her friends did research on him. this is like a mystery but it is fiction.
Taylor J:)
The setting of the story I am reading is a hospital. Megan the main charachter's dad is a surgent at the hopstal, and he is making megan volenteer. And she meets a boy and hes a special friend waiting for a liver transplant, so she goes and see's him everyday at the hospital.
The book I was currently reading is “The Boyfriend List". I feel the setting is realistic. It takes place mostly is an office a doctor’s office. This is realistic because there is actually a doctor’s office in the real world.I think the auther made it realistic so you can realate to the charecters more. This would help you understand the backround and setting of the book.
The setting of the book I am currently reading is more like a fantasy world than realistic. It is set in a world in between the human world and the gods of Olympus' world. I think the setting is very important in this book because it helps explain that the main character has troubles dealing with challenges with the gods as difficult as challenges with his human world.
The setting of the book I am currently reading is more fantasy than realistic. It is in between the human world and the gods of Olympus' world. I think the setting is really important in telling the story because it helps explain the main character's challenges with the gods as well as with his human world. This book has a very important setting and I am very interested in what's going to happen next!
The setting in the book "21 Steps to Happiness" has a realistic setting. In the beginning it starts off in JFK airport. From there the rest of the book takes place in Paris, France. I think that Paris would be the right setting for this book because it is about the daughter of a famous fashion designer. Paris is almost like the fashion capital of the world too, so it would make since for the story to take place there. This is a really good book! You have to read it.
*Gabrielle Fignar*
I am now reading a book called The Lord of the Rings. Though the characters keep moving around to different places, the overall setting is in Middle Earth. The reason the Company keeps moving around is because they are on a mission to destroy the Ring by throwing it into Mount Doom, the only place it can be unmade.
-Ryan Lei
In the book I was reading called Ready or Not by Meg Cabot/Jenny Carol, the character Sam sticks to her odeas and thoughts even if she announces it on telivision. For example, Sam works with the president to show a good example for teens all over the world but when they were speaking on MTV Sam got in a fight with the president because she disagreed with his thoughts (on national television)
The book is different to any other book it shows you how to stick up for your rights and ideas.
Hannah L.
The book I currently read was "I'd Tell you I Love you but Then I'd Have to Kill You" has a realistic setting.It takes place for an all-girls spy school in Roseville. It's a mixture of both fantasy and realalistic. The town part is obviously something that could happen but I've never heard of a spy school. I think the author does this to show a comparison about the character. Read the book to find out
The book I am reading now is called In The Heart of The Sea. This is a non-fiction book about the whaling ship ESSEX. The setting of this book takes place in the ocean. They travel all around the world from their home town of Nantucket, through the Atlantic ocean around South America and around the world throught the Pacific ocean back to Nantucket whaling the whole time.
I am reading the lightning Theif, and the setting of the book is the real time, now a day time. I wouldnt mind living in it becasue it is the same style of living as I have been living in. The author does combine realisim and fantasy in this book. The Realisim is the setting, New York, adn the fantasy is the plot of the story which is evil weird creatures are hunting this kid down.
The book that I'm reading, The Lightning Thief's setting is mixed with the real world and the fictional places in Greek Mythology. It shows this because the main characters travel from New York to Los Angeles to the Underworld in the book.
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.:.:.ROB Falcone.:.:.:
(period 6 and 7)
I have just read The Lightning Thief and it has the same setting as Jake said. Percy Jackson must retrieve a very important item for Zeus to prevent a war.
Stephen D.
The setting in the book that I am reading ("Everything's Eventual", "1408") is at the Dolphin Hotel in New York City. This is like in the real world because it's in New York, New York. The reason why Stephen King put this setting in here was because he wanted to create a story (not in Maine) where the setting is in a public hotel that would freak people out once they stay in one. I thought he did a very good job on it, and this is my favorite setting. The
Dolphin Hotel isn't real, though.
Ryan K.
(Periods 6/7 Marusa)
In the book Big Papi which is written by David Ortiz. The setting is real world over about 10 years. The biography takes place in Boston and Minnesota. The author presents the story in the real world because it is a biography. The story is based off real life events of David Ortiz.
--> Stephen O.
In the book that I’m reading, Almost Home, the setting takes place in LA. This is a very realistic setting for two reasons; one is because LA actually is a place today. Two is because what happens in the book can and does actually happen in real life and happens there. (LA) I think the author Jessica Blank writes the book this way because I think she wanted us to believe and know about how life is unfair and different for everyone. In the book Jessica definitely does NOT combine realistic and fantasy. The reason I think that is because it seemed like she was writing from her experience not from her dreams.
(Rachel L.)
the book that I am reading now is one of the Halo books. The setting in this book is mostly in space around about seven different planets. This setting is unique to the book because it takes place in the year 2525.
i just finished a book called th alchamist. the setting of the story is a boy who is a sheep herder and goes to a town to find a girl he thought that he liked and met a old man. the old man turned out to be a king and gave him two stones and sent him on an epic jorney were he would find love and tresure and learn the ways of the great alchamist.
Right now I am reading "Twilight" by Stephanie Meyer. The setting of the book is in Forks, Washington. The main character actually lives in Phoenix, Arizona but her divorced father live there. I think that the author put it there because it is such a difference between the two so there is a large amount of description and telling what the character is thinking of her new environment. It is also a book about vampires so the setting is good for that. The author says that it rains a lot and there is always a sheet of clouds over the state. This is the perfect setting for vampires! The setting is set in a realistic world, our world.
(Lizzie T period 1/3 Mrs. Marusa)
In the setting of The Stand, the book I'm currently reading, the setting is very similar to the one we live in. Every place in the book is real and the set up in proportion to all the states. It’s set in the U.S. in a fictional world where an epidemic has killed almost all of the people, and there are only a few survivors. Stephen King, the author, presents the setting in a dreary matter. He uses a lot of description and makes the setting very clear to the reader. I think the author does this to set a dark mood for the book so the reader feels scared when reading the book.
Tyler Frank
The setting in the book I am reading about varies from the different points of view. The main side is the United States point of view where they are in a race to find this weapon that the Russians are after. The main part takes place at sea where the Russians and U.S. are fighting to get the weapon. It also shows the same view of the fight on the Russians point of view.
☻♦♣♠Parker Rowberry♠♣♦☻
The setting of the book I am reading is an average town in england but the story line is very unrealistic, making an ok book.
I have recently finished a book called Orn, by Piers Anthony. Most of this story takes place on a distant planet that three scientists are exploring. The setting is important because this planet is almost an exact copy of Earth when the dinosaurs were around. The setting is important because if this happened on modern day Earth it wouldn't make sense for dinosaurs to be there and the whole story would have to be changed
-Brendan C.
The book I am reading is The Rangers Apprentice. There is one main setting. The setting is fantasy but based on real places. Castle Redmont is supposedly fictional but i think it is a historical place somewhere in London.
Anthony P.
I am reading Mary Todd Lincoln. The book took place in the all throughout her Mary Todd's life in the 1800s. The setting is realistic for that time period. Not for 2008! There aren't mini-vans driving around or Jeeps. And there definitely are not girls in mini-skirts and halter tops on, or boys with baggy t-shirts with their pants down to the there knees!
(ERINM!)
In the book the Miracle Worker, Helen Keller learns to read and write in Connecticut. It is a country setting.
The setting in the book Darkke (no, you can't find that anywhere exept online, nor can you buy it) is fairly close to that of reality. I quote on one of the characters: "Fine, I'll explain it to you then. In the east, there's tundra. Then as you start going west, it turns to forest, then grassland, then desert. You got that?" It's all an island somewhere around Europe. However, it is all fiction (sadly.) The time period is mideval, though the story uses alot of new-age slang. Also, the clothing and such defies the time period rule. I know, it really should be a sort of modern time period, but the author just can't help but write mideval. If you want to read the story, just ask me.
Lauren M. (Yay!No.)
Well, the book I'm reading is called "Death Note: Another Note: The Los Angeles BB Murder Cases", and setting is very important because the book is a murder mystery, and where each murder takes place, and what objects are at the scene of the crime is DIRE. In just the first chapter, Ryuzaki figures out something just from looking at a bookmark on a page of a comic, he is able to find letters that spell out the words "Quarter Queen", the name of the to-be next victim. (Also, FYI, Quarter Queen is just a 13-year-old girl, so watch out! XD Just kidding)
I am reading the book, "The Final Warning," by James Patterson. The book is set in the real world, but also has some unrealistic places, like secret heideouts for the villains.
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