As cited by Hugh H. Paschal, literally setting in fiction consists of tangible and emotional environment in which the events of a literary work occur. Setting includes geographical location, historical epoch, and cultural conditions in which characters operate and which affect their behavior (45). These fictional characters, like people everywhere, are affected by their environment so, if it is important for the writer to write things in his or hers work in order for the writer to create, in the readers mind, an image of a particular time, place or object. For example, in Shirley Jackson’s short story “The Lottery” where she uses setting to mislead the reader into believe that she is writing about a typical summer day in a rural farming co
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