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 effects Antonia in a few ways. Women and girls now do not have to be the stay at home mother, they are not expected to do all the inside work, or farming. So as Antonia learns to be a hard worker from her setting of a rural area. Jim's setting also effects him in the same way. From living in a rural area he has learned to be very respectful and a good worker.

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 setting that effects me most is Batesville's setting. Living in a small town, it is like the town tattles on you twenty four seven. Batesville has made me into the young adult I am today. Batesville has so many good things about itself, but Batesville has a few of bad things also. Batesville acts like a hole you can not get out of. No matter how hard you try to run away from all the mess inside the town, that same mess follows you until you can't go any longer. That's how I have learned to be so blunt and to just confront something or someone right when it happens. The good things about Batesville are widespread though. Batesville is so small that I know most of everyone, and when I need something, there's not one doubt in my mind that somewhere in this town I can find help. Batesville is like your best friend, and your enemy at one time.


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The setting effects Antonia in a few ways. Women and girls now do not have to be the stay at home mother, they are not expected to do all the inside work, or farming. So as Antonia learns to be a hard worker from her setting of a rural area. Jim's setting also effects him in the same way. From living in a rural area he has learned to be very respectful and a good worker. The setting that effects me most is Batesville's setting. Living in a small town, it is like the town tattles on you twenty four seven. Batesville has made me into the young adult I am today. Batesville has so many good things about itself, but Batesville has a few bad things too. Batesville acts like a hole you can not get out of. No matter how hard you try to run from all the mess inside the town, that same mess follows you until you can't go any longer. That's how I have learned to be so blunt and to just confront something or someone right when it happens. The good things about Batesville are widespread though. Batesville is so small that I know most of everyone, and when I need something, there's not one doubt in my mind that somewhere in this town I can find help. Batesville is like your best friend, and your enemy at one time.