Format: Type your paper in MLA Format, 12 point font, double spaced, with in-text citations and a work cited entry for the book or any addidtionals articles you select. This includes an introduction, body paragraphs, and a conclusion.
Reading: For this assignment, select either Hemingway’s “Soldiers Home” (399-405) or O’Brien’s “The Things They Carried” (1157-1170) Textbook used is called, “Making Literature Matter, An Anthology For Readers And Writers” Seventh Edition.
Assignment: How does setting affect/contribute the plot of the chosen story? Note: Remember that setting is not the only place in which a story occurs. It is also mood, weather, time, and atmosphere. These things drive other parts of the story.
How to get it started:
Choose a story and discern all the elements of the setting.
Describe in what three ways the setting contributes to the plot.
Formulate a thesis about setting and these three areas.
Provide support in the body paragraph(s).