Blog #2

The setting of the novel is in Starkfield, Massachusetts, and it is during the winter. The setting impacts the characters by making them do things they wouldn't do without the snow that is in Starksfield. For example, if it wasn't Winter Ethan wouldn't or couldn't have asked Mattie to go sledding at night with the moon if there wasn't any snow. So the winter helped Ethan by asking her to go down a sled one day. Also the narrator would have never probably have met Ethan because during the only time in winter there are snow storms in Starksfield. The setting impacts everyone by the decisions they end up making and the choices they have to look at. Also another thing is that if it wasn't Winter Mattie couldn't have asked Ethan to commit suicide with her on the sled. So it does impact the characters because the choices they made. If it wasn't that season then they wouldn't have ended where they ended as cripples. In every novel or play the setting is always important because if it was a different setting then the play or novel would have been different and would have lead to different scenes.