The Effects of Setting

The Effects of Setting

Author Willa Cather embedded literary devices, such as metaphors, similes, and personification, within her writing.

"As I looked about me I felt that the grass was the country, as the water is the sea. The red of the grass made all the great prairie the colour of wine-stains, or of certain seaweeds when they are first washed up. And there was so much motion in it; the whole country seemed, somehow, to be running."

"The grave, with its tall red grass that was never mowed, was like a little island."

"Winter comes down savagely over a little town on the prairie. The wind that sweeps in from the open country strips away all the leafy screens that hide one yard from another in summer, and the houses seem to draw closer together. The roofs, that looked so far away across the green treetops, now stare you in the face, and they are so much uglier than when their angles were softened by vines and shrubs.


Chunk #1: Comment the effect of the setting on the characters within the novel.
The setting going from spring to winter makes it harder on the characters to work, because of the conditions.
Chunk #2: discuss the effect a setting on you, including imagery (lots of adjectives) and a simile or a metaphor as you describe the land.
The effects of the setting of Winter on me, makes me think of cold weather, gettting sick, clear white snow falling on the land and trees making every thing look so beautiful and fake, the warmth of heat and hot coco, and the coldness of snow hitting my face when im outside but then it makes me think of sadness and loneliness because some people are usually alone during this important time of year the time when everyone should be together and joyful, spending time with their loved ones and friends.