In his short story "A & P" John Updike utilizes a 19-year-old male to show us how a boy gets one-step closer to adulthood. ... The setting of the story shows us Sammy's position in life and where he really wants to be. ... Sammy is a 19-year-old boy conveying a cocky but loveable male attitude. He describes three girls entering the A & P, setting the tone of the story. ... We learn about Sammy's station in life through the setting of the story. ...

• Word Count: 725
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

Jackson could have easily made the setting a cloudy, rainy, winter day. ... The narrator starts off the story describing the setting. ... The square also plays a part in the setting. ... Graves, who carries the three legged stool and the black box. ... Martin speaks sharply to Bobby when the boy runs back to the pile of stones, and Bobby comes quickly. ...

• Word Count: 812
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

IN "A&P" by Updike, the setting is used to show how immature the characters are, create realism through details, and create atmosphere. The setting shows how immature the characters are. ... When the story starts, with all the details the reader can see in their mind a boy at the front counter working a cash register watching people as they come in. ... As a final point, the reader can see how the setting of this story has created an atmosphere. ... The reader can fill this form the setting. ...

• Word Count: 697
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

The young boy and Rebecca meet at a cottage, where there is a group of eight or nine people. ... She is a Jewish girl from the exotic Bronx and, to the boy, this "vast borough seems a Cythera." ... The boy thinks of The Bronx as a Cythera, since it can "house such fantastic creatures as Rebecca. ... Since they come from different backgrounds, and given the setting of the story, the love between the boy and Rebecca is certain to fail from the very beginning. ... The word "trapped " suggests that they are restricted by the setting, as it has been explained above. ...

• Word Count: 2096
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The young boy, Tommy, seeing how drained and distressed his mother is, with a burst of insight exclaims "Mother, I won't never go droving; blast me if I do!" ... In the setting of The Drover's Wife, the reader's attention is obtained through the use of adjectives such as "stunted, rotten apple trees- and "big, black, yellow-eyed dog-. ... In The Loaded Dog, he describes the setting of the story in great detail. ... In The Loaded Dog, Henry Lawson describes the settings of the story by direct, detailed description. The settings are developed throughout the story. ...

• Word Count: 1266
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Although it is not written from one character's perspective in the main story but the book is written so that it allows readers to visualise a 19th century setting of London and Sydney. ... Heard the boy cry out as if surprised at each blow" (page 216). ... However this difference between the 'whites' and 'blacks' creates the tension in the novel. ... Richard believes that we should not fear the 'blacks' but try to create a bond between 'blacks' and 'whites'. ...

• Word Count: 1151
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

To briefly summarize A Monster Calls, a young boy named Conor has nightmares every night, as he struggles to cope with the reality that his mother has terminal cancer and is dying. ... On page 208 it says "A moan started in his throat, a moan that rose into a cry and then a loud wordless yell and he opened his mouth and the fire came blazing out, blazing out to consume everything, bursting over the blackness, over the yew tree, too, setting it ablaze along with the rest of the world, burning it back as Conor yelled and yelled, in pain and grief" (Ness 208). ...

• Word Count: 1423
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School