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The Significance of Setting in "Roselily" by Alice Walker



alas_babylon19 1 / 3  
Feb 5, 2009   #1
I'm struggling to write a paper on the above mentioned topic. I don't know if any of you have read it before. I just keep getting caught on the narrowing my paper down. I keep trying to explain other aspects of the story when I really need to talk about the significance of the setting! Does anyone have any experience with writing an essay about setting?

EF_Sean 6 / 3460  
Feb 5, 2009   #2
Well, if you are concerned with narrowing the paper down, start by writing a detailed list of the various aspects of setting -- details of both place and time -- and then ask yourself how they all work together to create a mood or to develop a theme. The answer to that question becomes your thesis statement, and the details your supporting evidence, giving you a fairly focused outline to work from.
EF_Kevin 8 / 13053  
Feb 6, 2009   #3
Sean gave excellent advice, but also you might google the significance of setting in literature, and get a feel for it.

:)
EF_Sean 6 / 3460  
Feb 7, 2009   #4
I did assume that you had a certain familiarity with the concept of setting, but if you are new to the analysis of literature, then Kevin is right -- you need to get a hold of the key concept before you try writing about it.
EF_Kevin 8 / 13053  
Feb 7, 2009   #5
Yes, I was just thinking that maybe sometimes students don't know to look for, say, symbolism in the choice of setting used by the author -- a review of the significance of setting might get someone thinking from the author's point of view and then they will say, Wow, now I see why Walker set this story in the place and under the circumstances that she chose!
OP alas_babylon19 1 / 3  
Feb 9, 2009   #6
Thanks! Your advice really helped and I think I know where I'm going now!


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