The Setting of the Story

How do the Setting and Point of View of a story affect and/or influence the plot and characters?

By: Jimena O.

​Setting - Characters

​Setting can easily change the way a character is felling. It can be from anger to nervousness. For example: Someone did something that made you clench you jaw and make you sweat in the hallway at school, change the setting to you in a classroom taking a test doing the same thing. In that example you went from being angry to being nervous. This could also go to other emotions in different settings.

​​"quenches your he was sweating how can that be unformed by the study but let's say he's going to track get a rationed infer he's running to trying for first place but what if he push out the study it might be a different reason Todd is sweaty say he's a class so in that event you might infer schoolwork score some strength a what if he was ownership going down be everything easy for you now"(The Importance of Setting in a Story,00:44-1:10)

​Setting - Plot

​Just as setting can change a charaters feelings, setting can change the plot of a story. If your character is in a supposed to be calm place that can easily change. For example, the beach, the beach is a calm place but there are many ways that could change, they could get stuck inbetween waves and get hurt badly. It can help figure out conflict in stories or even change what it was going to be originally.

​"Just as in a film, countryside can be a character of its own. But it can also affect plot in other ways.... If you are at a beach, characters can get into physical trouble in the ocean. In the desert, they can be bit by a rattlesnake, or if the story takes place in horse country, characters can be distinguished by whether the character is able to ride or not"(penandthepad, 2).

​POV - Advantages and Disadvantages

​POV has it advantages and disadvantages. some disadvantages are: There are many hidden motives from the reader. It controlls what happens in the story if you are only in one persons head and only theirs. Adding to what I said it can leave out prespctives from others meaning it could leave out important information, but that is only if its in first person and in some third peson views. Some advantages, it give a personal and close view of action. it exposes and expresses the narrator's fellings, thoughts, reaction, and motivations. And it Evokes the reader's empathy and sypathy for the character's situation.

Multiple Select

What in this lesson is influenced by setting.

• setting

• Characters

• Plot

• all of the above

Multiple Choice

Can POV change stories?

• No

• optionally

• Yes

Multiple Choice

Is it useful to use the right setting for your story?

• No

• maybe

• Yes

• rarely