A story in most cases can be dramatically affected, simply by just changing the setting. The book “Lord Of The Flies” takes place on a hot tropical deserted island, which includes features like mountains, forests, a lagoon and sand beaches. The story is about a group of boys who crashed with a plane into the island and are now isolated on it without any help. If the setting however was changed to the Arctic instead of a tropical island, the story would totally change by having a new feel to it, new set of conflicts caused by the setting and a change in the theme or what it exactly symbolizes.
Every written story has a different feel. One is scary, another is funny and a third is serious. This particular one has a more of adventures one with a lot of energy into it. This is because it is taking place on an isolated island where there are no other humans living at the moment, and there is a lot to be discovered. The main characters have never seen it before, it also has mountains beaches, and mainly forests not yet explored. Nothing surrounds it but miles and miles of water. The weather is also sunny and extremely hot. If the same story however took place in the Arctic, the feel would change right away from adventures and energetic to a more dead and boring one. This would happen because in the Arctic the weather is extremely cold, therefore everything is frozen, the winters are endless and so are the nights. There is barely any motion around and not much is present. Where as on the island you have pigs in the forest, trees, which move from the wind, and waves that crash on the shore. There is more life and motion on the island, where as on the Arctic it seems as if nothing will happen in the next years to come.
The Essay on Place, setting, and landscape in Jane Eyre
There are many symbolic and psychological functions of place, setting, and landscape in Jane Eyre. Charlotte Bronte uses descriptions throughout the novel to exaggerate the effect of an event. Bronte also uses setting (less frequently however) to foreshadow a situation, or the nature of a situation. From the commencement of the story, the reader is introduced to the climate. A cold, winter day, ...
At different places there are different sets of conflicts. On the island where the story takes place, the only huge problem caused by it is that there is no way to leave it except to get rescued. If the story took place in the Arctic however, there would appear new and different set of conflicts then the once on the island. For example shelters. Because the weather is so much colder and everything is frozen, the characters would have to build igloos following. Following that, they would need to make clothes, which can keep them warm. To do all this however, they would also need to learn hunting skills in order to kill an animal, which will provide them with the fur the need. Even after they capture the animal, they would also need to learn or develop more tools and most important, skills for the development. Supplying, cooking and preserving food is also another challenge that would have to be overcame in the Arctic. Back on the island it would have been easier to fish or capture a pig then it is to fish through ice. Because fire is such an important factor in the survival of humans, they will have bigger challenge creating one and keeping it going then they would have in the hot and sunny Iceland.
The last but not least big change affected by the switch of the setting is the theme. When the story is taking place on the island, it’s setting symbolizes and isolation. A more of a story where it evolves around the waiting for help or trying to escape. If it was in the Arctic however, it will symbolize something totally different and change the theme of the story. The theme would then be more like a fight for survival. A kind of a life or death situation. The arctic is way bigger than a small island, therefore would not symbolize isolation. The challenge would however be to find food and not freeze to death.
No matter what kind of story it is, the setting will always play an important role. Therefore whether writing a story or reading one, paying attention to it is very important. If you are writing a story you need to spend time picking a location that would compliment and give a certain feel to what you want the story to feel like. If you are reading one, you need to read carefully and analyze the theme given. In most cases however not much thinking would be required because the information given will naturally paint a picture in you head and give you an unique feel.
The Essay on The Story of an Hour-Theme and Narrative Elements
When considering short stories, it is very important to realize that the little things make a big difference in how a piece is perceived. Each piece must be in sync to really help convey the short story in the way that was meant. Different literary elements are integrated in different short stories. For Kate Chopin, her piece The Story of an Hour, symbolism and point of view play very strongly ...
